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If your elderly or disabled. Although if you that level of elderly, you might not be able to use a car either, and the disabled often have motorized wheelchair
by novok 8y ago
If your elderly or disabled. Although if you that level of elderly, you might not be able to use a car either, and the disabled often have motorized wheelchairs that could go as fast as bikes.
For people who say 'but the disabled need cars', I want to offer some ancedata: I know a retired couple that bought a house in SF years ago because they wanted a working transit system when they can't drive cars anymore.
- teddyh 8y agoBut rayiner said “most people”. Most people are not elderly or disabled.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoA third of people in the US can't (or can't afford to) drive. Bicycling seems much more democratic.
- TulliusCicero 8y agoThey said most people, and even many elderly or disabled folk can bike. I see some very old people biking around Munich. Almost never saw that in the US, almost like having better infrastructure has some kind of impact...
- Someone 8y agoElderly: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/elderly/ https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/elderly/ Disabled: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/disabled-people/ https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/disabled-people/ Less serious, but still a good demonstration of the inclusiveness of cycling: https://vimeo.com/131968609 https://vimeo.com/131968609