It is a nightmare – cycling in Budapest

A journalist of szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu gathered her experiences about how cycle-friendly today’s Budapest is, but the results are crushing.

She wrote that when she finished her studies, she had to choose between a 33 EUR monthly season ticket or buying a bicycle, and she chose the latter. Since then, she has been cycling a lot in Budapest and says that one of the biggest problems is that there are

far from enough parking racks in the city.

She says that, at first, she biked slowly in the city so she did not have any conflicts and thought that what her friends said about the disagreements between cyclists and non-cyclists are simply not true.

But then it started.

At first, drivers shouted at her in one-way streets only, in which cyclists are allowed to enter from both directions; however, most drivers just ignore the sign that says this. Downtown, bicycle paths disappear because of there being too many cars. Furthermore, since the quality of the road is very bad, and it is

full of pot-holes,

it is very hard not to cycle sometimes in the right lane, which makes drivers angry.

For example, near the House of Terror Museum, only 1/5 of the bicycle path can be used because of the many tourists taking photos there.