Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

NYC is so dense it could be a bikers' paradise in the US. Why are we supporting even more car infrastructure :/

Bike infra is forever stuck in the limbo of building half-assed solutions and then complaining not enough ridership is taking it up.

Because half the year it's freezing cold or blistering hot?

With CitiBike and so many bike lanes it basically already is a biker's paradise. Obviously there could be lots more improvements, but the people who want to bike already do.

I hate to break this to you but outside of microscopic Reddit bubbles like r/fuckcars and similar, people generally don't have a problem with car infrastructure and cars as a whole and most people see cyclists as the vegans of the transport world.

Every fall on Brussels there's an ad for public bikes. It reads "Ride a bike, it warms you up" (Faites du vélo, ça réchauffe).

I doubt that people who bike their kids in baskets daily in Amsterdam would do the same in NYC, given how dangerous it is. The risk tolerance required to bike in NYC is much higher.

HN loathes cars.

I'm not sure. In any discussion that's somewhat adjacent to transportation there are a lot of pro-car people that discuss the best type of a car (ICE or electric).

A slogan doesn't make something true.

And more specifically, your torso can be roasting while the freezing wind is giving your face frostbite, and your legs are frigid.

There's a reason why skiers wear face masks and huge goggles and snow pants. Not usually very practical in cities, however.