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Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do

Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do - Halifax Examiner

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The prevailing social norms around cars as indispensable in our daily lives has a name –motonormativity (or motornormativity), also referred to as ‘car-brain,’ ‘windshield bias,’ or ‘car culture.’
No bicyclists do with their bad attitudes about cars, and that is just mean of them.
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In another recent example from the UK, a crossing guard was banned from high-fiving the children he helps cross the road because doing so slows down traffic.
sounds about right. also, apparently the UK calls their crossing guards "lollipop men"? I assume it's because their crossing sign looks like a giant lollipop