The Disappointing Distraction of “Vehicular Cycling”

Is this the most counterproductive idea in the world of cycling? Keep Urbanity rolling: Join our Patreon for early releases: https://www.patreon.com/ohtheurbanity Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5CBM1NkqDYAHgS-AbgGHA?sub_confirmation=1 Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OhUrbanity Thanks to John Simmerman of Active Towns for footage from the Netherlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF_Ck5za0Yk John Forester resources: https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a32257789/vehicular-cycling-advocate-john-forester-dies-at-90/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmT4x6eWDjA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWSqf1B8sis References: "Enjoy the Ride - Essential Bicycling Skills": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5hJhLBUec Vancouver study on preferred bike routes: https://cyclingincities-spph.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/01/Winters-Teschke-2010-Route-preferences-among-adults-in-the-near-market-for-bicycling-findings-of-the-cycling-in-cities-study.pdf Public bike counter data (including top bike counter in Paris): https://data.eco-counter.com/ParcPublic/?id=4586 Montreal bike counter data: https://data.eco-counter.com/ParcPublic/?id=630 Commuting data came from 2021 census in Australia and Canada Study on cycling in Melbourne: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140521003200 Research review of cycling safety: https://bikehub.ca/sites/default/files/imce/safety_performance_of_bicycle_infrastructure_in_canada.pdf Bike lane safety study in Montreal: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064866/ Astonishingly high cyclist death and injury rates in USA: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cyclist-and-pedestrian-fatality-rates-and-nonfatal-injury-rates-in-the-Netherlands_fig3_279579564 Cyclist death on Saint-Denis in Montreal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cyclist-mathilde-blais-death-was-avoidable-says-coroner-1.2782554