Even the summeriest summer comes to an end.
This phenomenon can currently be seen.
It means, among other things, that the cycle lanes in our cities will gradually become less frequented, which is good for those who use their bikes as a means of everyday transport even in the cold, wet season.
Because it has long been the case: the crowds on the often too narrow strips are sometimes borderline, the togetherness is by no means harmonious, the mixture of vehicles is anything but homogeneous.
Electric and muscle drivers share the same paths, slow and fast, chatting comfortably next to each other dawdling, tiktoking through the traffic, dangling with shopping bags on the handlebars, adamantly ignoring all rules.
Baggage-heavy cargo bikes with a long wheelbase compete with dainty sports equipment for pole position at traffic lights, family transporters mix with three-wheeled constructions, couriers and pizza delivery drivers negotiate 1,000-euro dog trailers.
In between all this, free radicals are e-scooters, unleashed on an unprepared infrastructure with inadequate regulations.
The bustling industry is not lacking in ideas for further growth, craftsmen and tradespeople are also supposed to step on the pedals, which is basically good and wanted in terms of the traffic turnaround.
But where should they all go?
When talking about distribution battles, it is mostly about the constellation of cyclists against drivers.
But things are not that simple.
Those who block motorways with cycling demos, as recently happened in the Rhine-Main area, are making things a little too easy for themselves.