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This is what progress looks like. So many places in the world continue to regress despite even being wealthy.

• refurb 5y ago
  These are cities designed for the elite and wealthy. Reminds me of SF. “Why can’t we have more bike lanes?” - never said by a poor person.
  • adrianN 5y ago
    Where I live car ownership and wealth correlates very strongly. The poorest don't own any cars and rely on bikes and public transit. The richest own several. On the other hand, poorer people tend to live near major roadways and suffer from noise and air pollution. So it is in fact usually the poorer demographics who ask for more bike lanes.
  • wiseowise 5y ago
    What are you smoking? It's super affordable to use a bike compared to owning a car. I bought second-hand bike two years ago and didn't spend a euro on it.
  • mpol 5y ago
    No no, these cities are for everybody. Yes, the inner cities and in big cities the next ring of neighbourhoods are often expensive, prices drive out less wealthy people. But even if you live in a neighbourhood on the edge of a big city, or in an average town or village, you will see these improvements being made. And taking the bicycle into the city centre, these improvements are really for you. Even in the city with the least amount of cyclists, Almere, which is an overflow city for Amsterdam, there are continuous improvements. A city like Utrecht has highway bike lanes where you can get to the centre really fast.
  • reallydontask 5y ago
    That's another good argument against poverty not bicycles
  • sktrdie 5y ago
    Yet most homeless people I see in SF have a bike.
  • tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    >“Why can’t we have more bike lanes?” - never said by a poor person. https://i2.wp.com/cityobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/number_bike_income.png https://i2.wp.com/cityobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/201...
    • systemvoltage 5y ago
      That's a terrible plot.