These days, politicians and city builders like to pay lip-service to the idea of bike-friendliness, but when you use a bike for transportation, you quickly realize there is a fundamental disconnect between those platitudes and the reality of a street. So in this video, I do two things: First, I ride a route devoid of any accommodations for bikes, and take note of all the things that make me, on a bike, feel unwelcome. Then, I take a different route full of bike infrastructure and compare the difference. The result, for me anyway, is a reminder about how good bike infrastructure completely changes the experience of riding a bike in a city.

0:00 Intro 2:06 Stop signs 2:31 Residential roads 2:56 On-street parking 3:21 Sidewalks 3:46 Speed limits 4:12 Who pays for roads? 5:12 Bicycle-only signs 5:28 Slow-speed zones 5:34 Painted bike lanes 5:44 Bike parking 5:47 Separated bike lanes 6:26 Conclusion

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