I gotten so frustrated that while I am doing some of my part in saving the world & lessening traffic jams (sure there is more, but here I do not need to list them all) that when I come to an intersection with traffic lights & crosswalk lights, telling you when it is safe for you to cross, that I have to wait forever to right away to use the crosswalk! The lights are setup to give the BLANKING automobiles the a long time to cross or turn, before I am allowed to use the crosswalk or just the intersection, without a crosswalk! Given what my riding does for the Earth & All Living Beings & decreasing traffic, all automobiles should instantly have to come to a stop/LIGHTS TURN RED & wait for me!
Of course if we all had Scandinavian style whole roadway or at least completely protected & separated cycle lanes, than this would a much less of a problem.
I use myself as an specific example for all cyclist. Imagine all cyclist have the same problem.
Thereby negating everything you did that day. Congratulations.
Absolutely not
This. Fossil fuel vehicles waste a ton of energy stopping and starting again. If you bring a few dozen cars to an extra stop that might waste more fuel than you saved by riding.
That’s a pseudo-argument considering only the short term effects.
Making alternative modes of travel (bike, public transport) more convenient while reducing favoring car traffic, lets more people switch, reducing emissions significantly in the long run.
Argument also doesn’t apply that much for the increasing number of EVs any more.
I mean that’s just holding the environment hostage and promising to harm it less than you already plan to if you get your own way.
You are not thinking straight, the automobiles are going to have to stop, it is just having them stop earlier. Not increasing the the stopping & starting of the automobiles. Holding back insulting sarcasm.