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[quote=Anonymous]This has been studied ad infinitum.

If you look at Europe where cycling is at its apotheosis you will see three major differences that distinguish:

1) zoning excellence- government planned but ensures each neighborhood has grocery, school, and sport field a cycle away. (5-7 minutes)

2) there are not cycling lanes in isolation except to connect towns

3) girl adoption - you see girls, girls, girls on bikes - and they look fabulous (not in full cycling attire but often in their jeans and yes, miniskirts). They are cycling for bread or to pick up their children

4) if women feel safe, they allow their children the independence to ride to their friends house or soccer practice

5) enforcement of traffic laws - I’m sorry but our streets in DMV have become speedway for NASCAR wannabes.  So add law enforcement abjugation of their responsibilities to enforce basic traffic law after George Floyd.  Utterly despicable in my view.  And every GPS warns of speed cameras.  So the peds in crosswalks is the ‘broken glass’ theory in general policing.

6) cell phones - so many distracted drivers

I cycled to work in Europe for two blissful years.  My bike has remained in my garage with flat tires for the past 4.[/quote]

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