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Humans are emotional more than rational. Positive numbers won't outweigh the anecdote of being stuck in a traffic jam while the bike lanes sit there, effectivel
by falcolas 6y ago
Humans are emotional more than rational. Positive numbers won't outweigh the anecdote of being stuck in a traffic jam while the bike lanes sit there, effectively empty.
City planners and bicycle activists need to work with human nature, not against it.
- alistairSH 6y agoThe only traffic jam on the road outside my house is caused by the hundreds of high school kids driving themselves to school instead of riding a bike (which they can't do, because the bike lane doesn't go that far, because their parents demanded the road be left untouched to make room for more cars).
- falcolas 6y agoIf over half of the high schoolers driving by your place would really chose to ride a bike instead of driving... Well, the high schoolers you know appear to be quite different than the high schoolers I know. Even myself - I couldn't wait to be able to drive to high school, nevermind the bus, my bicycle, carpooling with neighbors, etc.
- alistairSH 6y agoGetting a car at 16 is only a thing because it means freedom from having mom/dad drive you everywhere. If alternate transit existed, this would resolve itself.