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My hope is that public transport and bike infrastructure will catch up by that point. However, this might help in Europe, but I could see a real problem with th
by V__ 5y ago
My hope is that public transport and bike infrastructure will catch up by that point. However, this might help in Europe, but I could see a real problem with the market vanishing in the U.S.
- oblio 5y agoI appreciate your optimism, but if you look at a Youtube channel such as Not Just Bikes, you'll see that the scale of the problem is humongous. Most people in North America doesn't even realize that car infrastructure is a problem. First you need people to understand, then to accept the necessary changes and then you need the money and time to perform those changes. Even the Netherlands, the bike capital of the world, has a thriving car market, and North America is probably 30+ years behind the Netherlands, in the best US biking locations.
- markvdb 5y agoFrom what I've seen of the US, the lag is more like 50 years and increasing because of "interesting" spatial planning. Look at Flanders (northern Belgium) and Germany for areas 30+ years behind the Netherlands.
- V__ 5y agoThat's sadly true. Not Just Bikes and their String Towns initiative is really eye-opening. A bit off-topic but I do wonder if covid and the current state of the economy will accelerate the debt crisis of small cities ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfQUOHlAocY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfQUOHlAocY ) and force a downsizing to a more reasonable infrastructure.