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> Also, if e-bikes and bike-speed robots become really numerous in the bike lanes, that should motivate more creation and better maintenance of bike lanes. Bik
by ineptech 5y ago
> Also, if e-bikes and bike-speed robots become really numerous in the bike lanes, that should motivate more creation and better maintenance of bike lanes.
Bike lanes aren't, like, a natural resource to be shared. Cyclists fought hard to get them, in order to cycle on, and now we need to get crowded out of them to subsidize a startup on the theory that, once we can't use the bike lanes, we'll complain some more and maybe get as much space as we have today?
I mean, I like pizza and startups and pizza startups and I don't blame them for trying, but my reaction is a very strong fuck no. If you want to use the bike lane, build a pizza delivery robot that can ride a bike.
- Dylan16807 5y ago> If you want to use the bike lane, build a pizza delivery robot that can ride a bike. How do you feel about bikes with sidecars?
- thatcat 5y agoThat's not a cycle. Ithas poor turning and is too wide.
- Dylan16807 5y agoBy "that" do you mean bikes with sidecars? Not allowing those is pretty rude. If you mean the current robot, it could surely be redesigned.
- thatcat 5y agoSorry, it just initially seemed to me that those would inherently be a problem due to the additional width and the narrowness of bike lanes. Maybe things are different in your area but it's like 2-3 ft. wide where I'm at. The idea of a side mount robot that pedals your bike and controls it, if that's what you're thinking, sounds pretty cool tho and could work if narrow enough.