Comments by "" (@jasonreed7522) on "Can the Best US Bike Cities Compete with Europe?" video.

@ernestcallenbach9953 suburbs litterally can't even bother to add a sidewalk (especially in residential areas). I hate to say it but i think we need actual laws about the minimum building density to mandate a sidewalk. (Obviously on back roads they aren't needed, but when you have the density of a small town village or generic suburb a sidewalk is needed despite the nimbys pretending they are on a rural backroad)
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Gary's problems run very deep, to the point cops tell you to just leave and don't stop at the stopsigns until you reach a less economically depressed area. Its already become a "positive" feed back loop meaning the problems reinforce themselves.
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All true, but considering its obviously along a stroad its doing pretty good. The concrete is as wide as is typical along any Mainstreet so all it is missing is on street parking for a wall of steel protection. (But you can clearly see its empty so its not being used as much as we would hope, principly because of the reasons you stated of being better but not good enough to be family friendly since it still feels very exposed.)
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@tuhnutuhnu4257 and i think that the difference is than america still widely regards biking as a recreational activity you go and do, where as Europe considers it to be a real mode of transportation for adults to use to complete their daily life tasks. (My hometown has a bike path that is a 5km loop around a golf course with 2 entrances both on the edge of town, and it gets heavily used in the summer when we dont have Canadian Winter levels of snow on the path nobody is plowing. Just imagine if it actually went somewhere instead of being a destination you drive to. I have since moved to CT and we litterally don't have sidewalks on roads the clearly should have them.)
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