Why winter is a poor argument against bike lanes
Studies confirm that it is substandard infrastructure and maintenance, rather than the cold or the snow, that keeps cyclists off their wheels in winter. One city…
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Nicu Calcea is a data reporter at New Statesman Media Group.
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