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Because most US cities are not compact and flat as Copenhagen
by twiddling 6y ago
Because most US cities are not compact and flat as Copenhagen
- helicalspiral 6y agoebikes, though a bit more expensive, make getting over the hills in even SF doable
- umeshunni 6y agoSF is a very compact city (7 miles across)
- com2kid 6y agoI'm not willing to spend thousands on an ebike while living in a city where I expect my bike to be stolen at least once a year. (and all of my bikes that were stolen, were stolen out of locked garages!)
- s0rce 6y agoEven 1 bike per year isn't that bad if you have insurance, car maintenance + depreciation is probably more. Not to mention when your catalytic converter gets stolen.
- twiddling 6y agoeBikes definitely help with the topography issues ( Seattle , Pittsburgh ). You still have the sprawl and separated land use patterns in a lot of cities though. Of course summer commuting in Houston or Phoenix is going to suck no matter what your bike is
- SketchySeaBeast 6y agoDon't ebikes bring in a lot of the enviromental concerns as an electric car? Less for sure, but it probably starts to close that 10x number.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoThe cycling rate in Århus Denmark is almost as good as Copenhagen and it's quite a hilly city.
- glial 6y agoToday, they aren't. But we could and should alter zoning laws to encourage density.
- s0rce 6y agoMillions numbers of people live in urbanized flat valleys in California (Oakland, San Jose, Redding, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, parts of LA/SGV/Inland Empire/OC).