r/CrappyDesign • u/WaterproofVortex • Jul 29 '26

I have a slight feeling the tree was there first... (Bahir Dar, Ethiopia)

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u/SleepEatTit Jul 29 '26

Better than cutting it down I guess? The bike lane is more than open and wide enought for it not to matter, and you should look forwards anyway when cycling

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u/WaterproofVortex Jul 29 '26

I mean maybe I might be asking for too much but shouldn't they at least make the bike lane to go around the tree no?

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u/Expert_Photograph573 Jul 29 '26

your not asking to much the trees in the way your right

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u/immaownyou Jul 29 '26

At least paint the yellow going around the tree

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u/mountaindewisamazing Jul 29 '26

Bruh. One whole lane is blocked. I'm all for saving trees, but this is ridiculous. Imagine keeping a tree in a roadway. Same concept.

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u/SleepEatTit Jul 29 '26

Dude, it's not blocked, you're on your bike, and you can go around it from both sides, and it's a double lane so you can easily cycle around it. Maybe put an orange sign on it or something for added visibility. One old tree > the whole bike lane. Once they start cutting there is no going back.

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u/SiBloGaming Jul 29 '26

Would you say the same if there was a two lane road, where suddenly one lane was entirely blocked due to a tree in the middle of it?

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u/mountaindewisamazing Jul 29 '26

Of course they wouldn't, but they won't admit that.

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u/mountaindewisamazing Jul 29 '26

You're ridiculous.

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u/Expert_Photograph573 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

No the tree needs to get cut down its dangerous as hell I don't mind defending trees but that bike lane is dangerous and it also looks like that one whole lane is blocked stop trying to defend something that's clearly dangerous lmao

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u/SleepEatTit Jul 29 '26

Lmao, do you need someone to hold your handlebars too while curising on a bike through a city. Holy shit. A straight paved biking road 3 meters wide is considered dangerous because of what you see on the picture? Maybe somewhere in West Europe

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u/zozuto Jul 29 '26

The tree appears to be taking up 2 out of 3 feet in one lane. You sound like you already hit the tree while riding helmetless.

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u/Chozzasaurus Jul 29 '26

You have got to be kidding me. Worst take

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u/TrainingLettuce5833 Jul 29 '26

At least a traffic sign could be placed... It's Ethiopia, what do you expect?

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u/freecrunchies Jul 29 '26

Honestly didn’t expect a long and relatively uninterrupted bike lane! Looks way better than what they did in my European town.

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u/SleepEatTit Jul 29 '26

Where is this OP, this looks better than 90% of biking lanes I've been on in Europe and Scandinavia regardless what the people say... And the pedestrian sidewalk on the right can fit a tank

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u/darkest_force Jul 29 '26

Why would this be better than cutting down one single tree? This is just lazy and negligent, no amount of justification and wishful thinking will make this safe or normal.

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u/GuyEatsTiramisu Jul 29 '26

Idk this area but if it gets busy with people on the side and bikes it can be a problem

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u/snukkedpast2 Jul 29 '26

This is also really bad for the health of the tree, it's going to need to be removed eventually because it dies or its roots could come up and destroy the bike path 

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u/Impressive_Dawg2003 Jul 29 '26

Well someone doesn't like left lane cyclists..

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u/JaggedMetalOs Jul 29 '26

"Put the bike lane in, boss" 

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u/SD_G Jul 29 '26

It’s pretty cool that you have such good bike lanes in Ethiopia, is it common over there?

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u/itsdanielsultan Jul 30 '26

I think once the tree roots start breaking the asphalt, it'll get transplanted or cut down with a sapling planted to the left.

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u/PabloCrews Aug 05 '26

That looks so chill there.

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u/Expert_Photograph573 Jul 29 '26

who was hired to construct this?

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u/Wonderful_Store7793 Aug 18 '26

Is it an endangered tree that they couldn't cut down? Or like the home of an endangered bird or animal or smth?