Serious Bicycle Riding at Tokyo



Tokyo is great place for riding a bicycle. But it seems Tokyo citizens are more serious about it than Beijing people.

Social system for bicycle is great in Japan. All bicycles should be registered so if you track down your lost bicycle or police can track you from your bicycle. Yellow number tag is attached on every bicycle.

In China, bicycle is still main stream in driveway along with car and bus but bicycle is welcomed to go along with pedestrian footpath in Tokyo. Many footpath has painted lane for bicycle (You can see dotted line for bicycle parking at photo above) Even there is a big parking lot for registered bicycle.

Otherwise, riding bicycle in Seoul is not easy as much as Japan or China. Riding bicycle is regarded as more leisure sports than regular commuting transportation.

What if a future personal commuting transportation is invented (ex. Segway)? Social / Traffic control policy can be ready for it? I observed speed is a matter. Small electric one manned car for elder citizen is welcomed at footpath in Japan and Korea. As long as it is slow, it will be OK.

So we will have slow (walking speed), mid (car speed) and high (train speed) way in our future city?


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Anonymous said…
Alf, I think that cycle paths require a much higher profile in a country if they are to be safe. When in Germany or Netherlands and walking where there are cycle paths - alongside the pavement, not in the road - as an unknowing Brit I wandered into the cycle lane. This was a life-shortening action, as the bikes move silently and at high speed along their paths, expecting local people to know to stay clear. Visitors risk injury or worse by not understanding the culture.. Richard G
Wed Feb 27, 10:03:00 AM PST
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