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TechCrunch reports on a new bicycle path built in the Polish city of Pruszków. The surface of the path is phosphorescent: after a sunny day, it will glow through the nightime.
According to BBC News, there was a similar project in the Netherlands in 2014: phosphorescent paint was applied to 500 m (547 yards) of a highway. The hope was that the markings could replace electric lights.
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:53PM
Let me tell you about cyclists.
The adage, "Separate but Equal" comes from a rather dark chapter in American history, but applied to bicycles vs. automobiles it is most appropriate.
I don't know what dumb son of a bitch decided that it was sane for bike riders and car drivers to share the same road, but we need to put a stop to that. We need sufficiently separated, with as much equality in convenience, infrastructure to accommodate both cars and bikes. Future communities should be designed around that principle. Making roads bike-friendly shits up traffic, causes more danger to walking pedestrians, and generally clusterfucks up the whole area.
Cyclists are usually also douchebags of the highest order, ones who keep M3's and Priuses in their garages. They ignore traffic rules and swerve in and out of turn lanes. They believe that the right-of-way gives them license to douchebaggery. But in spite of all that, changing the mentality of every cyclist will not solve the problem of cycling on the streets. Separate infrastructure must be built.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday October 09 2016, @07:52PM
I agree completely on the need for separation. Your next paragraph.. if you replaced "cyclists" with "drivers" (and ignore the bit about "M3s and Priuses", your sentence still makes sense.
where is the +1 insightful, -1 crass stereotyping mod?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @08:48PM
If I had mod points, I'd mod that up as insightful. However, judging by the douchbag bikers in my community, they would eschew the trails and use the roads anyway, especially during rush hour.