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Truly written by a non-disabled twentysomething in Southern California who gets his groceries by delivery service. Don't get me wrong, I bike every day there's

Truly written by a non-disabled twentysomething in Southern California who gets his groceries by delivery service. Don't get me wrong, I bike every day there's no ice on the streets and really enjoy driving those Uber e-bikes too, but seriously: any mobilty solution that's aimed as a "revolution" can't go around people with disabilities, heavy rain, northern winters, multiple kids, 10km+ commuters, elderly people and transportation of more than 10kg of cargo. If you're coming with cargo bicycles, you haven't tried parking one in an "already-convinced" city, also go read the above sentence again.

elktea 7y ago
I don't like this line of thinking. The majority of the population (including children) is not disabled and is capable of riding an electric assisted bike - no one is proposing disabled people must also do the same. It feels like a "gotcha". "Aha! because I cannot do this, no one can!"
RandallBrown 7y ago
What if every non-disabled twenty something in Southern California rode a bike everywhere. How much better would the lives of everyone else down there be with the reduced traffic?
asdff 7y ago
So what is the solution for the places you state? Engineer it. 6 million people drive a car every day in LA. The scale is huge. Getting some sliver of the pie off of fossil fuels and single occupant vehicles would make a huge dent in congestion and pollution, and make it easier for people with disabilities/kids/junk who need cars to move around the city.
fulafel 7y ago
I think your list is prejudiced, people bike in all of those circumstances. Here are bikes for disabled people: https://www.vanraam.com/en-gb/advice-inspiration/news/bike-for-disabled-people https://www.vanraam.com/en-gb/advice-inspiration/news/bike-f... Similar trike type bicycles have been used for ages by elderly & disabled people. In northern winters even with more than 10kg of cargo :)

elktea 7y ago

I don't like this line of thinking. The majority of the population (including children) is not disabled and is capable of riding an electric assisted bike - no one is proposing disabled people must also do the same. It feels like a "gotcha". "Aha! because I cannot do this, no one can!"

RandallBrown 7y ago

What if every non-disabled twenty something in Southern California rode a bike everywhere. How much better would the lives of everyone else down there be with the reduced traffic?

asdff 7y ago

So what is the solution for the places you state? Engineer it. 6 million people drive a car every day in LA. The scale is huge. Getting some sliver of the pie off of fossil fuels and single occupant vehicles would make a huge dent in congestion and pollution, and make it easier for people with disabilities/kids/junk who need cars to move around the city.

fulafel 7y ago

I think your list is prejudiced, people bike in all of those circumstances. Here are bikes for disabled people: https://www.vanraam.com/en-gb/advice-inspiration/news/bike-for-disabled-people https://www.vanraam.com/en-gb/advice-inspiration/news/bike-f... Similar trike type bicycles have been used for ages by elderly & disabled people. In northern winters even with more than 10kg of cargo :)