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> The biggest counterpoint here is what about families? A mom with three young kids in tow pretty much needs a car to get around. Bakfiets: https://www.babboe.
by skrebbel 7y ago
> The biggest counterpoint here is what about families? A mom with three young kids in tow pretty much needs a car to get around.
Bakfiets: https://www.babboe.nl/bakfietsen/big https://www.babboe.nl/bakfietsen/big
- toomuchtodo 7y agoThey also now offer electric assist versions as well.
- inertiatic 7y agoThat's cool, how do I carry that up the stairs to my apartment?
- enriquto 7y agoThe same way that you carry your car.
- jerven 7y agoSame way you carry your car up the stairs park it in the bike garage or your car parking spot.
- inertiatic 7y agoMy car gets parked across the street from my apartment building. Doesn't get stolen and doesn't care about rain. My bike spent a single winter out on my balcony after we needed the space inside the apartment for baby stuff. It's now rusty in multiple spots. My previous bike, I left on the small back yard of my last apartment, locked up. It got stolen a few months after I started doing that. So again, this is not feasible for a lot of people, myself included, and it's very privileged to think that everyone has access to a garage next to their home.
- enriquto 7y ago> My car gets parked across the street from my apartment building. Offtopic, but this has to end. I do not understand how it is socially acceptable to put huge pieces of your private property on the public streets. You cannot just put your washing machine on the street because you have nowhere else to put it! Why can you do that with a car?
- inertiatic 7y agoAre you complaining about the public using public space intended for that usage?
- enriquto 7y agoI am complaining about the assignment for that intended usage. Why do we allow this usage? It takes most of the usable surface of the city for the storage of ugly, static objects. I would rather assign those spaces for other uses, like wider walkways, kids playgrounds, flowers, whatever.
- code_code 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Cost_of_Free_Parking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Cost_of_Free_Parking
- enriquto 7y agoI like this argument. The government is effectively subsidizing a huge amount of real estate (to a huge cost, with the taxes collected from everyone), for the usage of free parking. I would prefer if all that money went instead to free housing, or free healthcare.
- NickNameNick 7y agoThis whole discussion is about changing planning for the allocation of public space...
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- theaeolist 7y agoI don't know... by a cover to put on it? https://www.bakfiets.com/accessoires/cargobike-long/all-over-cover-long https://www.bakfiets.com/accessoires/cargobike-long/all-over...
- dvdkhlng 7y agoI'd assume large cargo-bikes are usually built to survive being left outside. Rust-protected frame and stainless steel bolts and screws.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoAh the Dutch alternative to air bags just use your kids - not to go all nanny state that doesn't look very safe.