Originally Posted by
brianinc-ville
, the separated-infrastructure situation has changed dramatically in NYC, Minneapolis, Chicago, and DC, among other places, and everyday ridership by people who aren't bike hobbyists has increased dramatically. Hurst's outlook might have made sense in the '90s, when nobody could imagine that U.S. streets could change. Nowadays, it seems mostly irrelevant.
I wouldn't say it's mostly irrelevant. NYC had a massive spike in cycling deaths last year. I suspect if you drilled down into those deaths you's see that application of Hurst's style would have prevented the majority of them.