Yup, speed bumps would help a bit in this regard. Or barriers that force you to slow down, like seen from top to down (bird’s eye):
ROAD
-– (blank) -
ROAD
.(blank)----
ROAD
So the bike has to slow down, curve, then curve, then can speed up again. No camera’s needed. Handy for intersections.
20 km/hr*, we don’t use miles
What @[email protected] said, goes. But as for the amount of lanes, I do think I overlooked that one, so I edited my comment just now. I do think it’s worth in general to reduce the amount of car lanes (given that induced demand’s a thing).
Still, for protected bike lanes that are fully separate from car lanes, by a strong barrier (not just an elevation), I think you could do with 4, maybe 6 lanes. More would be dangerous for all, though.
We also have ‘bicycle main pathes’ where car drivers are ‘guests’. That is, cars must drive behind bicyclists and not overtake them. They generally are in 30 km/hr zones, and the width of 2 car lanes (so about 7 m). Sidewalks are also present there, of course.
You can have slow-growing hedges at a slight distance (~0.5 m to 1 m) from the path, or the plants could be in boxes.
Something like this is also possible:
The hedges typically don’t really require weekly maintenance - once every few months suffices.
Alternatively, trees could be used, with grass and flowers inbetween.
Links lullen, rechts vullen, is what we often say about the PVV (and many other (para-)fascist groups).
They often talk about being there for the “ordinary citizen”, but Wilders lived for a long time in an imperialist settler colony in Israel. Undoubtedly he gets a lot of financing from the antisemitic Netanyahu government.
I’m Dutch and those ““painted”” and “sharrow”" wouldn’t even count as bicycle lanes. You’re surrounded by cars on both sides, there’s no clear markings it’s for bicycles, nothing nada.
If I were an urban designer/mayor I’d fire whoever thought it’d be a good idea to build it that way.
In my view, these would be requirements:
Painted:
Protected:
edit: added last point, and added to first point of ‘protected’.
I mention 30 km/hr. This is crucial, because above that speed, the mortality for anyone (regardless of whether they wear a helmet or not) increases rapidly. Especially if the car is tall, and has a flat end, rather than sloped. If you then get ran over, you don’t get crushed under, but ‘glide’ onto the car’s front. That is safer.
And for either kind of bike lane/path, I think it’d help that if a motorised vehicle crashes into a bicyclist or pedestrian, then the fault should be assumed 100% on the driver and the driver should pay all damages, unless if it’s shown that the bicyclist or pedestrian was at fault, in which case it’s 50/50. This is important, since motorised vehicles are much heavier and can cause deaths while the others don’t really do so. It helps to deter drivers from driving over others and going off scot-free.
The rule is also, in all areas where there’s only a painted bikelane with non-continuous lines going like - - -, and the road has a single car lane, this is what you do. When you see a bicyclist, you’ll have to slow down to 30 km/hr, but then can overtake them (temporarily driving on the bike lane). You’re not allowed to park or stop there, however.
If the line is continuous, such as ——, then you cannot drive over on the bike lane.
The USA as well.
In these times, Europe must expand its independence and turn the US democratic again, ASAP. The sooner the Rust Belt in the US is reinvigorated and the removedroach nazi billionnaire elite is reduced to nothing (even preventing their fleeing of assets and themselves), the better outcomes will be for the US.
Brexiteers were fooled into supporting their own demise, by and for the billionnaire oligarchs.
The proletariat, to which all non-millionnaire Britons belong, including Brexiteers (be they farmers, fishers, retirees, or such), must realise that it has been fooled all this time along by the oligarchs: all who oppose repression are their allies in bringing down the elite.
I think they should go to the homes of billionnaires first.
Billionnaires polluted the world. It’s only fair if they themselves face their own consequences.
Those that throw a fit aren’t conservatives, but capitalist grifters.
Conservatives, as in Christian democrats, are pretty common in the Netherlands, if not historically the majority. They’re generally chill and just want change, if any, to be step for step, very gradual.
Liberals and right-wing elitists though (I reject calling them “populists”, as they only talk to fill the pockets of the rich), are unfortunately way too common. They should be diminished through education and lifting them up to see the wonders of socialism and communism.
One does not become liberal or an elitist through hard work and education; indeed, to the contrary! When you rely on exploiting the masses and telling them to be angry at other parts of the masses instead of you, then you are the problem.
uber sucks, bicycling or walking is better
I’m not sure how “rarely talked about” we’re talking about, but it doesn’t get brought up often enough that Reagan and Thatcher were involved in Operation Cyclone, a CIA and MI5-backed financing of terrorists. specifically, they financed the deeply religious mujahedeen, and even met their leaders.
Those groups opposed labour rights’ movements around the world, which would greatly have benefited engineers, plumbers, electricians, nurses, farmers, scientists, and so on around the world.
My hot take there is this. Osama used to help the mujahedeen, so in retrospect, most theocratic violence (yes, even 9/11) was caused by the aftereffects of Reagan’s and Thatcher’s politics backing religious fundamentalists, rather than y’know, moderate socialists. Capitalists remain capitalists, after all.
Does iodé allow for an iOS-like look? A minor thing for me, but nonetheless…
CalyxOS was founded by someone who worked for the feds through Raytheon, no? I’m doubtful… granted, he got threatened by the FBI, so there’s that.
LineageOS or iodéOS are options, the latter being better if what this summary says is true..
Unfortunately, iodé doesn’t sandbox apps, nor has per-app storage & contact scopes, which are pretty big things. Verified boot is also not thorough, excluding app updates.
And doesn’t Nothing have a privacy policy where the data that they transfer and store, can be outside the EEA/UK? See point 9 there.
Samsung is too big tech for me, so that’s out of the question. Asus would be an option, but the short support is indeed questionable.
Nokia is a possibility, but they got into the AIslop.
Then what is the next best?
As far as daily drivers go and if your threat model would say your risk is low, I think Fairphone with e/ is a great choice, yeah. I was thinking of the Fairphone 6 for that case, actually.
But if your threat model is higher, or if you want to support people with higher threat models, or want to prioritise security, I think GOS seems better. My worry is primarily about the ethics of a Motorola or Pixel, considering where Motorola is based and who owns it.
They are, yes. But it feels all very paradoxical.
A company owned by a country with pervasive surveillance, set in a country with pervasive surveillance laws, cooperating with a OS developer for anti-surveillance measures.
Granted, I could see that from places with pervasive surveillance, a need arises for something that removes all that surveillance. But then, would governments not be harsh on that?
What about the USA?
Parking is only expensive if you’re not a resident there. It’s also easier to travel by public transit to and fro in and around Amsterdam.
'sides, the 30 km/h is good for safety in pedestrian areas. So I feel like this measure actually improves general wellbeing.
A livable city is a city of pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit. Cars should only be necessary for ambulances, firetrucks, police, and transport. (And while we’re at it, kick out those disgusting American monster trucks!).
Now, the housing affordability, that one’s a great and valid concern - I think we should allow squatting if people keep it clean, and push away from people owning several homes to rent at extortionate rates. We’ll need to encourage building in a lot more towns and mid-sized villages around, instead of only in the Randstad. If we want the NL to be balanced and prepared for sea level rise, we better gotta build in the south and east.
On the sex level, I disagree with Halsema’s proposal to move out the prostitution to a remote area which may be less safe for them. I think it’s better to coordinate w/ the prostitutes etc themselves to increase safety w/o laying foundations for surveillance states.
I’ve never reached 60 downhill. 40, yes, but not 60. I think in general though, 25/30 km/hr would be more reasonable as a recommended limit for bicyclists.
If downhill, there should be enough possibility to slow down, and by the next intersection, the speed should be slowed.
Thing is, in the NL, most car drivers also are bicyclists. There’s also liability: in case of a crash with a bicyclist or pedestrian, the car driver is assumed 100% at fault and has to pay all damages, unless if it’s proven the bicyclist/pedestrian was at fault, in which it’s shared 50/50. This helps to deter car drivers from y’know, hit and runovers.
Imho additionally, cars should be designed with curves fronts, and not too tall or heavy (I’m looking at you, Dodge Compensation Rams). Those should be prohibited from driving altogether in the Netherlands. They’re fucking dangerous.