At the same time it can be effective to say “hey this is working out over there”. That’s why I as an American care about Dutch traffic design. And from there bike lanes in Seattle are a way to say “hey, it’s not something that only works in the Netherlands and Denmark, it also works in a hilly American city”.

I totally get why most wouldn’t care about bike lanes across the world, but I figured I’d point out why I care about such things.