Grey or colorful like a rainbow - the future of cycling routes

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The picture was taken on one of the cycling routes in the Wielkopolskie region of Poland, not far from the town of Konin. You'd think it was shot from a worm's-eye view, but it's actually a bird's-eye view. A snail crawls across a bike path. The motive is simple, the meaning complex. The expansion of cycle paths is developing. Sometimes it goes quickly, but often only at the pace of a snail. Climate-neutral like the snail, cycling is just as healthy. Not just for your own body, which usually suffered a lot from the mobility restrictions in the years 2020 to 2022. But that is again a matter of perspective. Some got through the last three years well, some not so much. So the path is smooth for cyclists and pedestrians, but bumpy for the snail. The path is safe for cyclists and pedestrians, but less so for snails. The busy road next to the cycle path is still unsafe. However, only a few buses run here. A lack of mobility is one of the poisons in the development of rural areas. If the future is to be mobile and fair, then improvements must be made here! Otherwise the snail will still have to be careful of many cyclists and pedestrians!