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    Cycling through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Africa). How does the cycling infrastructure in your city compare?

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    2. radioactive_sharpei on

      This looks awesome! I’d love to just take a few hours and see the city. I’m from a small town in the midwestern US and cycling infrastructure is nonexistent in my town. Have to share the road with motor vehicles, many with drivers who don’t feel bicycles should be on ‘their’ road. It’s OK most of the time though.

    4. audiomagnate on

      It’s 1000x better than Omaha Nebraska USA, which has exactly zero miles of protected bikeways and a cycling deathrate 500 times higher than NYC.

    5. NowakFoxie on

      This looks heavenly compared to where I live, which has a short, unprotected bike lane in the most random spot and 4 or 5 bike racks. Wish we had similar infrastructure here.

    9. 95beer on

      Very similar to Brisbane, Australia (Australia), to be honest. Especially the great bike path suddenly transitioning to the middle of a 6 lane highway.

      It is interesting you have to explain what continent Ethiopia is in, growing up here it seemed like the poster child for Africa

    11. Fizzyphotog on

      Those lanes and that city are beautiful. Pisses me off so much every time I see this kind of thing, that we here in USA can’t have that, because we have to have all the explodey things to kill people in other countries.

    12. theluckyowl on

      I live in Canada and I genuinely dont think there’s a single bikelane in the province. This would be a dream to cycle.

    13. machuitzil on

      This looks awesome actually, as if I didn’t already want to visit for the food. I also always appreciate courteous drivers. There’s always a bad driver but it looks like people are used to accommodating bikes in city lanes and I appreciate that.

      I live in a much smaller city in Northern California but I’m grateful for all the protected paths we have around town. I can get just about anywhere without having to share a lane in busy traffic -and I was kind of surprised when I moved here how courteous drivers are when I do, and how much space they give you. I’ve certainly lived in worse places.

    14. SpencerNK on

      Do I want to go to Ethiopia? This looks CONSIDERABLY nicer than what I might have imagined.

    16. Plastic_Salary_4084 on

      Seems comparable to Minneapolis where I live. Some of our greenways are former rail lines, so they look a bit different and there aren’t always great views, but the utility is the same.

    19. Powerful-Soup3920 on

      that looks really nice. There are a lot of transition areas that need work but that’s wonderful and vibrant and inspirational

    22. tangofox7 on

      Damn, Addis has changed a lot since I was last there. Thanks for this cool vid.

      I bet that altitude hits nicely especially in the winter months with all those diesel trucks.

    23. Powerful-Dragonfly-3 on

      I live in Houston,Tx and it is a million times worse than what you have 🙁 I am so jealous!

    24. Outside_Reserve_2407 on

      Seems like the climate in Addis Abada is similar to San Diego. No wonder the cycling is so great there.

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