PSA: There is no such thing as “car lanes.” I understand how easy it is to fall into the trap of calling them that, but we should really try to avoid it.
There are only “general purpose” lanes and lanes that exclude cars in favor of vehicles that don’t suck, such as bicycles or buses. Calling general-purpose lanes “car lanes” is car-supremacist loaded language because it implies that other types of vehicles using them are interlopers, rather than valid road users who are also being entitled to be there.
Edit: any of you downvoters care to explain what reason you have for doing so that isn’t car apologism?
PSA: There is no such thing as “car lanes.” I understand how easy it is to fall into the trap of calling them that, but we should really try to avoid it.
There are only “general purpose” lanes and lanes that exclude cars in favor of vehicles that don’t suck, such as bicycles or buses. Calling general-purpose lanes “car lanes” is car-supremacist loaded language because it implies that other types of vehicles using them are interlopers, rather than valid road users who are also being entitled to be there.
Edit: any of you downvoters care to explain what reason you have for doing so that isn’t car apologism?