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Add bikeability. Anything to help getting people out of their car. There's something perverse about people using vehicles weighing 20x their own weight to move
by tromp 5y ago
Add bikeability. Anything to help getting people out of their car. There's something perverse about people using vehicles weighing 20x their own weight to move around such distances, where a vehicle weighing 1/5 their weight will do. Not to mention the ease of parking a bike.
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- wallacoloo 5y ago> Not to mention the ease of parking a bike. True for places people visit frequently and for short durations (grocery stores, restaurants). But residential areas? pfft. And even if I could find a bike rack, I wouldn’t leave it overnight because of theft. Inevitably I find myself hauling my bike indoors whenever I visit friends. Whereas my friends with cars just parallel park without giving it any thought. I hardly have them beat here. But yes, I agree with your premise. Biking is way more enjoyable than driving in a city, when possible. And in the end that’s a huge piece of winning people over. Electric bikes are helping more people discover this, though ironically, electric bikes are even worse when it comes to parking (larger theft target; harder to haul up stairs/indoors).
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoUnderground Bicycle Parking Systems in Japan, 4min15secs [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZSU40RBrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZSU40RBrg I'd wish for them every few 100 meters at least ;-)