Dangerous combination, bike wheels get stuck in the rails and people eat shit, seen it often in Amsterdam from folks that don’t use the proper cycling lanes…
Surprising. They experimented with similar stuff in Belgium, it didn’t work out. The rubber wears out quickly (expensive) and the safety effect appeared very small. Possibly even leading to false feeling of safety, making it more dangerous
As someone who spent years biking on tram tracks in Vienna, it’s not dangerous unless you’re unaware of it. You just ened to be aware that you need to cross tracks at atleast a 30 degree angle.
Dangerous combination, bike wheels get stuck in the rails and people eat shit, seen it often in Amsterdam from folks that don’t use the proper cycling lanes…
In Berlin they use a rubber to fill the tracks. The trams are heavy enough to push it down, but it keeps light bicycle wheels from geting stuck.
Surprising. They experimented with similar stuff in Belgium, it didn’t work out. The rubber wears out quickly (expensive) and the safety effect appeared very small. Possibly even leading to false feeling of safety, making it more dangerous
so why do they not use the bike lanes? sounds like there’s a pretty easy fix for their issues
Because they’re idiots/tourists/drunk/high/all of the above.
As someone who spent years biking on tram tracks in Vienna, it’s not dangerous unless you’re unaware of it. You just ened to be aware that you need to cross tracks at atleast a 30 degree angle.
I mean sounds like the problem is clear here. The combination isn’t dangerous, the lack of seperation and traffic education is.