3 ms·
It absolutely does. I own a bike, but I’ll only use it for exercise rather than transportation because everyone I know who uses a bike for transit accepts theft
by paulgb 6y ago
It absolutely does. I own a bike, but I’ll only use it for exercise rather than transportation because everyone I know who uses a bike for transit accepts theft as an eventual certain.
If the US actually wants to reduce carbon emissions, prosecuting bike theft (and making cycling safer in general) is low hanging fruit. To the extent that carbon reduction requires behavioral change, cycling is (anecdotally) a behavioral change people actually really want to make, but US cities make it harder and more expensive than it needs to be.
- Fricken 6y agoTo take public transit in my city costs $1200 a year. Even though I've had a bike stolen once every 3 or 4 years over the last quarter century, it's still a hell of a lot cheaper than the next cheapest transportation option by a wide margin.
- kfarr 6y agoAgreed even with stolen bikes the math works out. I have 2 types of bikes -- a beater that I'm ok getting stolen once a year or so for the convenience of feeling ok locking it anywhere, and others that I would never leave unattended in the city but use for exercise, commute, or offroad recreation.