“We need more bike lanes, because eventually almost everybody grows up”

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A thoughtful piece on NYC’s bicycle infrastructure, in response to recent ignorant comments that bike lanes are for “woosies.” Tragically, virtually none of New York’s mayoral candidates supports bike lanes.

This is how you can help get more bike lanes in your town. If you’re a pro-cycling New Yorker, you can petition the mayor’s office here.

“Something about cyclists seems to provoke fury in other road users. If you doubt this, try a search for the word "cyclist" on Twitter. As I write this one of the latest tweets is this: "Had enough of cyclists today! Just wanna ram them with my car." This kind of sentiment would get people locked up if directed against an ethnic minority or religion, but it seems to be fair game, in many people's minds, when directed against cyclists. Why all the rage? ... My theory is that motorists hate cyclists because they think they offend the moral order.”

—BBC’s Tom Stafford applies behavioral economics and social psychology to understanding the age-old tension between cyclists and drivers