Fixing bike, e-bike infrastructure could save money, fight climate change

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It's not easy being a bicyclist in the US. Better infrastructure could help.

"We know that bicycling as it exists right now feels quite unsafe — and, in many cases, is quite unsafe," Gang said.

The best way to address biking safety concerns, advocates say, is to build better bike infrastructure, including a robust system of bike lanes. "You get in the car and you can drive anywhere, you know, you can get to where you want to go," Martha Roskowski, a Colorado-based transportation consultant who attended the Bike Summit this week, told Insider."You get on a bike and you're like, oh my god, I can make it two-thirds of the way there but then there's a section from hell and I don't want to die."

If passed, the law wouldn't directly address the most pressing safety and infrastructure concerns facing bicyclists, but advocates say it could help. For one, growing the number of people riding bikes would mean fewer cars on the road, making streets safer for bikers. At the same time, this growing community of new bicyclists would likely demand better bike lanes and other infrastructure.

 

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