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because of the rules of social
distancing
we are seeing less and less people using
crowded buses crowded subways
in major metropolitan areas people
they're looking for alternatives that
are safe it's cheaper to take a bike
than a subway it's certainly safer to
take a bike than a subway
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because of the pandemic
i have been biking more it really is to
me
my personal opinion the best way to like
get around the city
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april 30th about we went through an
entire year's worth of bikes in those
first four months of the year
the city of bogota in colombia has grown
about 150 new kilometers of
cyclones lima in peru is building about
350 kilometers of cycle lanes
and in new york city what we are seeing
is a resurgence of cycling we have about
40 miles i believe of open streets
out there
where we're actually limiting vehicular
traffic broadway from times square to
herald square i believe is completely
closed
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i'm gonna guess that we're gonna
probably see two to three times the
amount of already high numbers in summer
i cycle to work one thing that is
important is what will happen after call
it it is a very important moment where
we have to all work together to keep
cycling in cities every city needs to
embrace these new commuters
uh you know and just help them feel safe
and protected
and cities are starting to do that
seattle i believe is shut down over 20
miles permanently
what makes me very excited is when you
can get a street
and somebody just looks at and just
thinks of as a boring old street and
just by adding 10 15 feet of extra space
on a curb
you now have a place where people jog
and walk in their neighborhoods which is
kind of amazing it's great
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