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Old 12.11.2007, 13:20
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Re: Cycle friendly cities in the world - Basel rates #11
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Berlin has GREAT bike lanes, and you're allowed to drive on the sidewalks. You're not allowed to drive on the sidewalks here, so you're at the mercy of the automobile drivers. I would never put my life in the hands of the driver here.
Being allowed to ride on the footpath then only makes it worse for pedestrians. Whenever I've been in Berlin (top city, by the way), I had to contend with that a lot as a poor pedestrian. Maybe it is better outside the inner city, but I didn't see too much of that.

In 2003, the German Cyclists Club released their list of bike-friendly cities in Germany (PDF link). Among the cities with over 200,000 inhabitants, Berlin ranked at #20. The overall #1, with distance, was Münster in Westphalia.
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