They a building out some bike lanes but the dept of infrastructure has to consider the motorways, the a roads and the country lanes before it can think of making the streets of Belfast slightly safer for bikes.
Yep, the car brain paradox. Same around schools over here in Germany: “I transport my kids to school by car because cycling or walking to school is too dangerous due to the heavy car traffic around the school.”
No irony, not a grain of self reflection, not a single sensible thought of any kind all around. That is a literal quote.
While I see your point, that’s like saying “I go to work because we live in a society where we have to work to make a living, and this work reinforces society”
Like yeah no shit if we all just stopped working and started striking wed get rid of the capitalist system.
But if I start to make a point, I’d just starve to death, and I won’t kill myself to prove some point that no one will remember
What’s your point? That if everyone stopped driving at once, the roads would be safer? And therefore the quote lacks any sensible thought? What would you have them do, go cycling on dangerous roads and get their kids killed to prove a point?
It might be you, sir, who is lacking sensible thoughts…
It’s bc of cars alright. But also you have to have safe infrastructure, and when I mean safe, dedicated bike lanes! Paint ≠ Infrastructure
If the car traffic is light enough, and drivers considerate enough, you don’t even need the paint.
To achieve that you need to block roads so cars cant go through neighborhoods, and employ traffic calming road designs, so the only car traffic is slow and people who actually live there or visiting someone who lives there; and need enough people cycling so encountering a cyclist isn’t an unusual or unexpected event… (And for that you need propper separated cycle paths between neighborhoods/destinations/public transport with cycle parking)
Jesus it’s dangerous enough to drive a car on most roads in Ireland, nevermind a bike. Country never saw a blind curve it didn’t like.
After having cycled on Northern Irish roads for years I have to say it’s not just because of cars (although car drivers really are some of the most entitled I’ve encountered in Europe). The state of roads and decisions around where to place bike lanes are utterly insane nevermind the lack of cycle lanes.
I find my local bike lane is just full of cars. It’s just a parking lane.