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[–] 15 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

I’m going to wager this comment was posted and upvoted by people who have never been to Boise. Because that place has a good amount of people biking around. Especially around Boise state and for recreation.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Been to Boise many time. Take a trip to Europe and then come back and tell me what you think of Boise's bike infrastructure.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Any American city is going to look like shit compared to Europes biking capitals.

    Compare a super blue “bike friendly” city like San Francisco to Amsterdam. It’s not even a fair contest. SF is a fucking cycling death trap in comparison to Amsterdam.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure. I'm just saying that there are a lot of opposition in many US cities to building green and more progressive infrastructure that doesn't specifically benefit cars. Especially in red states.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    True, but often times stuff like this boils down to the city planning and city budget, not the state. And a lot of major metro areas are pretty blue, even in red states.

    Oftentimes the biggest barrier is that the bones of US city planning was done with cars in mind, and trying to accommodate bikes afterwards is difficult. Which is why US cities that want bikes struggle with supporting them.

    Many old European city layouts were baked before cars were a thing.

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