In the public transportation world, there’s a familiar rule that train tracks are better than buses at luring car drivers to use mass transit. The reasons are complicated, but most people agree that it has to do with the fact that train tracks are constantly reminding passers-by of their existence, location and function.
Protected bike lanes on major streets are the train tracks of the bicycle world.
Because protected bike lanes make high-traffic corridors comfortable for people of all ages and abilities to bike on, they make bikes and bike lanes visible to car drivers in a way they rarely are. They serve as a constant reminder of the fact that in some situations, bike transportation makes obvious sense. Situations like, you know, rush hour.
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