A little bit of nuance : cyclists do not own the roads. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians share the roads.
Every motorist also drives his bicycle every now and then and so he knows what it is like and will accommodate.
Which city BTW?
Every motorist also drives his bicycle every now and then and so he knows what it is like and will accommodate.
Which city BTW?
I'll be in the Amsterdam area. Probably end up actually living in Hoofddorp.
In the overcrowded center of Amsterdam, the locals know and understand "the dance" (the last thing a cyclist wants to do is come to a full stop every 20 meters, because it is much more "expensive" for a cyclists than it is for a pedestrian or driver, so instead of playing by the rules of right of way we do the dance of give and take), with the exception of tourists (who don't know the dance and give off confusing and confused body language) and cars (usually from out of town) stupid enough to drive in the city center in the first place.