In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full… Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!
Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.
Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades…
Man, and I can barely find a bike rack in my city that’s actually bolted down… Jealous!
Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. I saw the room and thought it was almost overkill (but welcome of course), but now 9 months later it’s obviously underkill. Though there could be much more efficient racks.