Yes, it is!

Financial cost wise only

With all the overpopulating of South Fl., some rural & spacial areas the politicians have designed more condos/housing, that even drivers are suffering a lot more as well. While I have no automobile, I do have to use roommate’s for Vet. visits. On one such visit, I decide to also travel to nearest post office (thumbs up for only USPS), should take at most 30-45-minutes, only because of so many stop signs, took 2±hrs… There was the only north/south mixed use (bicyclist, public buses, emergency vehicles & supposed to be only unmotorized pedestrians), separated & continuous roadway, with traffic lighted-push button crosswalks intersections, that forced me wait for 5-separate public buses to ride up (separately), wait & ride through, before able to drive through, NOT A SINGLE BICYCLIST CAUSING THE DELAY. Traffic after that just to cross or turn onto US1, line of automobiles from before mixed use pedestrian roadway to connecting intersection to US1. Then there was tons of rosd construction, which like most greater cities areas, South Fl. is famous for. I called our information line, we can no longer connect straight to public services & at least my commissioner dismiss helping to get stuff done with other public services, & was able file a complaint. What good that does, no idea.

I agree with your reply, what I would assume is true, but never seen a bicyclist pulled-over & given a ticket. South Fl.

Okay, I assume that is what is done, everywhere, no?

I seen this done by all types of people, but becoming less frequent because of such people/drivers, in the cities. Never seen a ticket given, I think there are no laws against it, when done with no traffic, just like jaywalking.

“Each stop is like another 100m travel.” That is a joke right? There is no distance added, very little time added for pushing a button, for bicyclist. By the way, you have read that what I suggested was automatically, after activated, going from Green-Yellow-Red. Automobiles would have to have time to come to a stop. Going from Green to Red would be a safety issue for automobiles & bicyclists crossing.

Obviously, with I creating this, I agree, but the difference of pushing a button & approach sensors to do the same amount of time when activated, is nothing time wise important.
Also, that is when the whole switch for bicyclists given ride of way system works, not uncommon here for them to not work.

Maybe, but in bicyclists experiences here, are just riding on roadways of heavy traffic & taking what the state laws are, it does not matter. That is why when I can, in cities, take sidewalks. I have had motorists just hate that I take whole foot from curve & ride around damage on roadways, it is nearly all our roadways (here it is fixed only before elections, by county), ride around the damage, or object(s), or in worst cases/most travelled by automobiles roadways ride around most damaged parts.

You what, we might be thinking off different bicycle lanes, sorry. We have, South Fl., only three, 1-completely separated from automobiles, but mixed pedestrians use with next to no protective barriers, some public buses that are separated in inside lane, not for bicyclists & in the bicyclists path, non-motorized pedestrians- traveling by feet, when people are following the rules, but it is super restrictive path/north & south & is so far away from our Ag. & Rural-Unincorporated area, that is it. Mostly just for not using US1, which is right next to it. 1-not separated at all, just lines painted on the road, on the right of farthest right lane & 1-REALLY IS NOT FOR BICYCLIST, almost completely just grass, never rode it, because it is the long & back country beautiful route & risk tire punctures. Really, it is for horse riders & ATVs-Dirt Bikes. Mostly, when it comes to the mostly used non-separated bicyclists lane, I used the safer option of sidewalks, but they are non-existent until cities.
You are talking about carefully going from bicyclists lane to the traffic and back to bicyclists lane, so you are probably using just lines painted on the ground bicyclists lane or it would waste more time?
I have had annoyed automobiles drivers do dangerous actions, like when I started played chicken. So much so that I had to contact cops, about the risk to my health, they stationed a cop car hidden at every other connecting East/West lanes (best way I can put it), just for one-night. Saw pulling over the violators, ended the chicken BLANK. The annoying behaviors got better, on the least traffic roads, when I rode the same least possible traffic ways enough, took the whole foot from the curve, that some bicyclist are scared to do & yelled at automobiles violators what the laws are. The drivers & home owners got to know me, then in my unincorporated area the reverse happened. That is right I actually had automobiles stop wait for me enter spot sign intersections & allow me to be first to ride through.

While  I really hate overpopulation of areas-towns-cities-counties-states-countries is one-thing, because of horrible conditions for The Livable Earth & Living Beings, horrible places for members of our species to live…

I disagree with this, it is unfair to poorer people that still have to find a way into still overpopulated areas & can be done in other & better ways.
Overpopulation is the problem & this does not address that problem, just makes it harder for people to get to jobs & other needed activities.

Starts with raising taxes on Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes, then:
Condition benefits for having children, so that stops after 1st birthed child & 1st-adopted child,
No more immigration allowed, no jail in USA-ship back enforcement, but Everyone in USA are legal, no need for any more legal or illegal people in the country crap, Only the vote of the people can any Gov. violence-wars be done,
All that start any degree of violence-war in another country, just like if it was in The USA, then arrested & appear in court, when convicted go to jail
& Pay directly every single country’s people (not politicians), we have done violence-wars in their country, $100 of Billions
&
Raise gas prices, like EU,
&
Raise the amount of space, in 3-dimensions (not just on ground level dimension) to building ratio, if the buildings already, then they must be removed. Destroy bad condition buildings, build only replacement buildings elsewhere, where are more space. Also creating more space for green spaces.

So in France bicyclist are allowed to ride through intersections when traffic lights are red for their direction, telling the traffic where bicyclists are riding from to stop, but bicyclists can ride through?

The lack of critical thinking causing me to reply with this is unbelievable,

To all those repliers-readers claiming that pushing the crosswalk button to cause the traffic lights to automatically go from green to yellow and then red, stopping the automobiles sooner, for the bicyclists wanting to cross, eliminates the benefits to The Livable Earth & Living Beings. As I have already said, in other reply, it does not because the automobiles were going to stop & go any ways, or there is no need to press the crosswalk button in the first place, can just ride through an empty enough intersections.

Another huge benefit if my idea was done, then more people would be incentivized to use a bicycle, run, jog or/& walk, instead of using any vehicle (even greener electric & Etc. vehicles) is way greener, in many ways.

Sure, I do not think it is illegal, unlike Jaywalking. I go if there are no automobiles, but with South Fl.’s southern areas population always increasing*, there are lesser & lesser chances that there are no automobiles.

*- With the northern areas (more political power) getting the state-county politicians to building a ton of cheap condos-houses in formerly lesser populated density-traffic southern areas & away from northern areas’ tourist & their already high population density-traffic for ever increasing low-minimum wage workers to live away from northern areas,

What big deal is having switch? Sure it would be cool, if it was done by censors sensing our bicycles riding-up. But would barely save any time, when they located at the beginning of the crosswalks/beginning of the intersections. Is that avoidance not wasting more time, let alone endangering you more?

I have, I am replying to this comment.

I agree the problem is not the 1% of bicyclist, but the huge amount of horrible drivers out there.

I disagree, because it depends upon the roadways & areas you live in. There is a roadway, in South Florida which is the most dangerous, my surrounding county is the most dangerous & Fl. the most dangerous, in The USA!

That is just stupid as BLANK! Even with perfect drivers, something mechanical could cause a dangerous situation & no escape available. Really what protrayed in the video is perfectly/dream land.

“And if you’re forced to ride on roads without any cycling infrastructure, his way is the best option. Best option, other than not doing that at all.”

I agree with everything else you said, but that is crazy. If something dangerous is happening you have no where to escape to. Ride on the edge & escape to off the roadway. I have had to do that often

‘Walking While Black’, in my South Fl. rides I tell you driving on sidewalk or even parking on sidewalks enforcement is non-existent.

I do not know exactly what you mean by lore, I am guessing you mean ‘Star Wars’ legend (for lack of better word), but let me say it does even matter to my point, so I would just concede what you are saying is true.

My overriding point, which I thought was obvious, especially with the, just tiny sample of many cases, examples I gave, that peace activism works! It might take the time (but really should not take time, time is really based upon the peace activist commitments to their goals & the amount of them; Anotherwards, it takes patience & relative to perspective & understanding of the reality) & after achieved, be ready to take on others (internal, external or combination of both), but it works!
Yet in ‘Star Wars’ (almost all other SciFi entertainment one can think of, let alone ‘Star Trek’) the creators rush right pass, not even portraying it is possibility, or (as you say happened in ‘Star Wars’) through a ridiculously short attempts at it. That big BLANKING problem! Insulting to people power & peaceful protest!

I always want to be closes to the sidewalk, than any vehicles, especially vehicles that have to make frequent entering of my bicycle lane to back to the traffic lanes, to my left. Remember, the buses & other vehicles needing to reach the stores & Etc. & back out again, have to cross the bicycle lane to get the regular traffic lanes, they need to use. Where as if the bicycle lane was right next to the sidewalks & edge of the whole roadway setup, then buses & other vehicles needing to reach the stores & Etc., only need to look for the bicycles in the bicycle lanes, when they parking. Even then, if the bicycle lane was right next to the sidewalks, then even the parking spots should be out the bicycle lane, thus then only the people walking to sidewalk, stores & Etc. would have be careful. If I had have a crash, What 175-lbs. versus several tons, I would take the person!

“Additionally, drivers are far more used to watching out when turning left than right, so having cyclists to the left may be safer at intersections.“

There is no escape option, if they are not, & where live they are not enough good enough/careful/defensive drivers. At this place, there has got to be a lot people, who agree with that.

“Long-term it will be best to have raised cycle paths at sidewalk level but this may not be within the budget for the time being.“

Right now, now Mr. Obama like BS things take time, the best protection for bicyclist is what they doing Scandinavian countries, either devote the whole roadway to bicyclist or put-up serious barriers & put the bicycle path separate from tye traffic completely!

The budget is just political spin doctoring BS! At a drop of a hat, this countries can spend on somethings that just wastes/sucks upward money when it comes to everything/everyone, except The Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners who vacuumed even larger profits! How many political violence-wars has this country wasted/sucked upward money, since Mr. Jimmy Carter was president? Trillions?

That is Compromising with the people that could careless about the people, Compromising is Compromising Away The People’s Rights! Plain & simple. The Capitalist of in both parties & more, have been surrendering power to them, for far, far & far too long! This what parties-politicians do that do not want anything close to a Democracy & are bought off by the them or The Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners!
I could not agree more that as people power/Activism DONE RIGHT (AS A VETERAN ACTIVIST I CAN TELL YOU IS RARELY DONE RIGHT & EASY GIVEN-UP ON) is the biggest power there is! But far, far & far too many people DO NOT DO IT RIGHT & DO NOT HAVE COMMITMENT TO IT, have been raised by bad parents (this one of the biggest ills of this world) & that are somehow still middle class-rich just think their world is isolated from everyone else to the point that just increasing their sickness of greed & things will keep them safe, healthy & happy!

The lack of taking on The Army/Police that protects Capitalist was just a sell-out/Compromising move! Plain & simple. One thing that his own current success, let some others, proves is that if any politician truly takes on issues that most people care about, like The Army/Police that protects Capitalist, then they will get you elected & protected at the same time. As I have heard a fewbtimes from people that campaigned for his victory, if he does not deliver then they will drop him.

This is AWESOME!

I live in an unincorporated area, so we do not have a city mayor & such, but we do have a piece of crap County Commissioner & not good enough county mayor (do not get me start with The Rep. ‘Crazy Capitalist’ Party’s state level politicians). While exact copies of Mayor Mamdani is not my top choice of politician I want (ex-Seattle, WA. County Commissioner Socialist Kshama Sawant is my top choice), exact copies of him still would awesome replacement for our piece of crap County Commissioner & not good enough county mayor.