Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Name this city.


Photo from Kalle Mustonen

Trolleys: check
Cycle-tracks: negative
Bike lanes: negative
Cars and trucks: check
Bike helmets: negative
Lots of cyclists: check


How could that possibly be?









Another hint.

10 comments:

Waco said...

The biggest city in the country where they eat Karjalanpiirakka?

PM Summer said...

Waco said...

The biggest city in the country where they eat Karjalanpiirakka?" -

I don't think so. I think that's where these folks are from, though (and I don't mean Leningrad).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014

Waco said...

Then it must be the "world bicycle capital"

Velo, Tx said...

From Waco's link:
Bicycle paths: 400 km
Two-way traffic bicycle paths: 250 km
One-way bicycle paths: 150 km

So paths, routes, and VC exists.

PM Summer said...

Velo, Tx said...

From Waco's link:
Bicycle paths: 400 km
Two-way traffic bicycle paths: 250 km
One-way bicycle paths: 150 km

So paths, routes, and VC exists.
-

Absolutely, as they can and should. But not in those pictures, which show scenes that many facility-clingers would consider impossible to cycle in.

Every (well, almost every) facility design has a useful function, but nothing replaces just having the simple kill and confidence to just ride your bicycle without "special" treatments.

PM Summer said...

Correction:
Every (well, almost every) facility design has a useful function, but nothing replaces just having the simple skill and confidence to just ride your bicycle without "special" treatments.-

See? The propaganda's getting to me, too. ;-)

mannytmoto said...

The picture is of the street "Van Woustraat" in Amsterdam.

This is a picture of one block over with two dedicated cycle paths:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=van+woustraat+amsterdam&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.885543,78.75&ie=UTF8&ll=52.354347,4.899945&spn=0.005583,0.038452&z=15&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=52.354334,4.89994&panoid=aGUcst_Qg4B5-UFdUnzM7w&cbp=11,64.44,,0,7.11

Steve A said...

What the heck are those cyclists thinking, riding on the RH side of the RT/Straight lane while going straight? I expected to see another picture at the end of the post showing another bent bicycle with a sheet covering something that might be a dead cyclist.

Have these people never heard of the "right hook?"

Was this Austin? Nope, no Texas plates in view...

PM Summer said...

Steve A said...

What the heck are those cyclists thinking, riding on the RH side of the RT/Straight lane while going straight?-

That's the "bike lane" mentality in effect. Luckily for them, the motorists are watching out for their well being, kinda in loco parentis.

Steve A said...

Call me a bigot, but it'll be a COLD DAY IN HELL before I voluntarily trust my life to anyone in a Mercedes.

That lot and the Japanese remain suspect in my book. At least the Italians had the good sense to switch sides early.

How exactly do you say "Campagnolo Nuovo Record" in German or Japanese?