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I've always used a bike to go to work, but now I'm in Mexico City. Too many cars, too much air pollution. Cycling here is bad for your health. The public bicyc

I've always used a bike to go to work, but now I'm in Mexico City. Too many cars, too much air pollution. Cycling here is bad for your health. The public bicycle sharing system is really good and cheap. Some parts of the city are bike friendly. But the air quality is just so bad. The trucks that spew black smoke continuously. The buses that have never been controlled in 50 years. The SUVs traveling at 100 km/h on the lanes reserved for buses and bicycles. All the cars idling and honking in traffic after 6PM. It's really depressing. This city would be such a beautiful city without all those cars and trucks. Refs: - air quality: https://air.plumelabs.com/en/year/mexico https://air.plumelabs.com/en/year/mexico - ecoBici: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoBici_(Mexico_City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoBici_(Mexico_City) - "Car ban fails to curb air pollution in Mexico City" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38840076 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38840076

maw 9y ago
Between where and where? A lot of the obvious routes are terrible, but you can go a long way in this city zigging where everyone else zags. Avoid the bike lanes for the most part, though. You're probably in more danger in one of our bike lanes than out of one, due to all the morons blithely going the wrong way in them.
kilroy123 9y ago
You're in Mexico City? So am I. Maybe we could connect sometime?
kqr 9y ago
Unless you're saying Mexico City is worse than Beijing, you could go for two hours no problem: https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pollution-world-large.png https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/w...
sumo89 9y ago
You're exposed to more pollution sitting in a car in traffic than you are cycling through it in the open. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-4599572/Avoid-air-pollution-changing-route-behaviour.html http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-4599572/Avoi...
- lostlogin 9y ago
  Breathing hard on a bike when pushing it is really nasty when the air is bad. Sucking in a chest full of exhaust fumes is horrible.

maw 9y ago

Between where and where? A lot of the obvious routes are terrible, but you can go a long way in this city zigging where everyone else zags. Avoid the bike lanes for the most part, though. You're probably in more danger in one of our bike lanes than out of one, due to all the morons blithely going the wrong way in them.

kilroy123 9y ago

You're in Mexico City? So am I. Maybe we could connect sometime?

kqr 9y ago

Unless you're saying Mexico City is worse than Beijing, you could go for two hours no problem: https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pollution-world-large.png https://3kpnuxym9k04c8ilz2quku1czd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/w...

sumo89 9y ago

You're exposed to more pollution sitting in a car in traffic than you are cycling through it in the open. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-4599572/Avoid-air-pollution-changing-route-behaviour.html http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-4599572/Avoi...

lostlogin 9y ago
Breathing hard on a bike when pushing it is really nasty when the air is bad. Sucking in a chest full of exhaust fumes is horrible.