2015年3月28日土曜日

"Our roads are too narrow for cycle paths" claim in Tokyo

最終更新日:2015年7月24日
last update: 24 July 2015

よく「東京は道が狭いから自転車道は整備できない」って言うけど本当でしょうか?
It is often said that our roads are too narrow for cycle paths, but is it true?

都道423号・松見坂
Tokyo Prefectural Road 423, Matsumizaka
@35.6552933,139.6902316

現実の道路を見ると、そうは思えません。
車道に空間を割き過ぎているのを意識できていないだけではないでしょうか?
The reality shatters the belief.
It is not about the lack of space but the lack of will.



都道437号・目白台
Tokyo Prefectural Road 437, Mejirodai
@35.7176651,139.7202911


都道305号・学習院下
Tokyo Prefectural Road 305, Gakushuin-shita
@35.7162283,139.7122842


都道8号・中落合
Tokyo Prefectural Road 8, Nakaochiai
@35.7179188,139.6909043


都道8号・中落合
Tokyo Prefectural Road 8, Nakaochiai
@35.7179188,139.6909043


都道440号・鷺宮
Tokyo Prefectural Road 440, Saginomiya
@35.7272497,139.6292932


都道新宿副都心13号線・西新宿
Tokyo Prefectural Road Shinjuku 13, Nishishinjuku
@35.6861259,139.6894162


国道246号・青山
National Road 246, Aoyama
@35.6616212,139.7082813


国道17号・志村
National Road 17, Shimura

国道17号・志村
National Road 17, Shimura


This is the approximately same place with the 2 photos above. There was a very high quality Copenhagen-style bicycle path circa 1938. The total width of road today stays unchanged (25 m), but the world-class cycle superhighway of old days disappeared as if it never existed.

I again want to emphasize that you can actually find many roads which have enough space to accommodate bicycle paths of good quality. It is possible in a physical sense. What is interrupting (re-) installation of bike paths is mere psychological resistance, which is often accompanied by ignorance, wrong assumptions, and conventionalism.



国道4号・千住
National Road 4, Senju
@35.7549846,139.8012124


千代田区道711号・秋葉原
Chiyoda Ward Road 711, Akihabara
@35.6997461,139.7729751


国道246号・青山
National Road 246, Aoyama
@35.6645247,139.7118864


千代田区道229号・竹橋
Chiyoda Ward Road 229, Takebashi
@35.6906658,139.7564098

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