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> The presence of e-bikes popularizes biking infrastructure in cities I don’t know if I believe this - places that were increasing bike infrastructure were alr
by taurath 5y ago
> The presence of e-bikes popularizes biking infrastructure in cities
I don’t know if I believe this - places that were increasing bike infrastructure were already doing so before ebikes became a thing. Any evidence of ebikes in particular changing or accelerating plans?
I suppose it could be different for places with already “good” infrastructure vs places which already have poor or nonexistent infrastructure.
- scrollaway 5y agoI just edited an example of my current city. The thing is, cycling infrastructure in a world of no shared bikes and scooters is something only "useful" (at first glance) to those who put in an initial investment of hundreds of euros/dollars... Often more, because it's hard to find cheap bikes in a city with poor cycling infrastructure, because there's less of a second hand / casual market. In words startup founders may relate to, cycling heavily suffers from the bootstrapping problem. Shared vehicles ease that greatly.