[RBW] Casual Observations on Japanese Metropolitan Area Bike Transportation

2017-11-21 Thread Surlyprof
Bob, I had similar experiences in Tokyo last summer. Everyone was so nice and respectful to each other. Not the bay area experience I'm familiar with. Due to a lack of bike lanes downtown, many rode on sidewalks. I think they all rode step through because they were constantly putting their

[RBW] Casual Observations on Japanese Metropolitan Area Bike Transportation

2017-11-20 Thread Bob B
I just visited Japan for the second time (this time on business, mostly in the city of Kobe), and noticed a lot of interesting differences between Kobe’s bike culture and the one in NYC. One obvious caveat: I don't live in Japan, so I don't know how representative my experience is to the