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> a schedule dropping off and picking up their kids - where driving cars/ride sharing is often the most practical way of commuting This is mostly done on bike
by bkor 8y ago
> a schedule dropping off and picking up their kids - where driving cars/ride sharing is often the most practical way of commuting
This is mostly done on bike in The Netherlands. A normal bike supports 2 kids. There's also bikes to transport 4-5 kids. I regularly see those bigger bikes btw. It does take that your country plans things accordingly. Back in the 1960s there wasn't much of a bike infrastructure, though there were loads of cars and car accidents.
- product50 8y agoYeah - am not talking about Netherlands here. I would encourage to come to US and understand just how widespread things are. You often are working in an office which is 15 miles away from your house. No way you are biking on that regardless of how good your biking infra is.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoWhy not? I have had plenty of colleagues over the years who did upwards of 30km bicycle commutes, each way. If your job offers showers and lockers, it's no problem at all, once you've built up the bike stamina after a couple of weeks.
- product50 8y agoYeah - and while we are it let us all become tri-athletes too and swim to our offices.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoYou said it was impossible to bike 15 miles to work, regardless of available bicycle infrastructure. I said it is very much possible, and these were middle-aged people, not athletes by any measure. Biking is a very energy-efficient mode of transport, it really doesn't take long before you're able to ride 20 or 30km in a single stretch.