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In the public transportation world, there’s a familiar rule that train tracks are better than buses at luring car drivers to use mass transit. The reasons are\u00a0complicated<\/a>, but most people agree that it has to do with the fact that train tracks are constantly reminding passers-by of their existence, location and function.<\/p>\n

Protected bike lanes on major streets are the train tracks of the bicycle world.<\/p>\n

Because protected bike lanes make high-traffic corridors comfortable for people of all ages and abilities to bike on, they make bikes and bike lanes visible to car drivers in a way they rarely are. They serve as a constant reminder of the fact that in some situations, bike transportation makes obvious sense. Situations like, you know, rush hour.<\/p>\n

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