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JB4-3 t1_jb82ri7 wrote

*3 months a year, weekday, sometimes between 8 and 9 am typical

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terminal_prognosis t1_jb9mrbp wrote

Hyperbole, but good point. More like 10 months. So the city does need to do a much better job of winter clearance from bike lanes, so people are not dissuaded from riding when it's been snowy and icy, and preferably some efforts to encourage people to keep going through the winter (it really is much easier than most people imagine)

As we use cycling to ease the load on road and rail, it's spoiled if most cyclists flock away from cycling just because it snowed.

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AeuiGame t1_jcfxwo1 wrote

I always love the date ranges people give when trying to argue biking doesn't happen in the winter. I guess we have snowstorms 9 months out of the year now.

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JB4-3 t1_jchxnkz wrote

https://preview.redd.it/lbjz1mib68oa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d6f4c17e7a8a6a4d2c78649df9b20d7dc1baf06b

Rush hour today. And Cambridge’s own data shows 3-7% of people commuting by bike. Live here and seasons are not a mystery. Not a troll or trying to be argumentative but if we wanted to do everyone a favor it would be protecting the larger percentage who walk, drive, or take the T. Source: https://data.cambridgema.gov/Transportation-Planning/Workforce-Commuting-Mode-Split-1990-2000-2006-2010/eae8-5e88

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bunk_debunk t1_jb85ryj wrote

Do you think that's a legit photo of a typical day, or some kind of bicycle rally or protest? I just can't imagine people being that civil in their daily commute.

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shoffing t1_jb898kg wrote

It's a legit photo during rush hour on a nice day, I use this bike lane regularly. Bike traffic is high on this street going to Kendall, and with better protection it would be even higher.

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vhalros t1_jb9xd4k wrote

Its looks like legit photo take at just the right time, when the head of the queue hits a stop light, but before every one behind them has come to a stop and bunched up.

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JB4-3 t1_jb87p2a wrote

I don’t know if that’s sarcastic or people wear t shirts year round. I haven’t seen 15 bikers lined up there since September and see that many cars there daily

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