Drivers sitting in gridlocked traffic stare at the “empty” bike lane, because I have already long passed them. Great quote by @pathlesspedaled.
(As long as the bike lane isn’t *too* empty of course.)
James D. Schwartz is the Editor of The Urban Country and is based in Toronto, Canada. You can contact James at james.schwartz@theurbancountry.com or follow him on Twitter.
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The empty bike lane shows most humans not being able to compute the available information: Why am I here in a car? if I use a bike, I can use that lane, saving time, money and the environment. As an extra bonus I get some exercise.