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I suggest you try getting outside and traveling the world a bit, to get a better understanding of the large ranges of weather seen in different cities throughou

by nomel 5y ago

I suggest you try getting outside and traveling the world a bit, to get a better understanding of the large ranges of weather seen in different cities throughout the world. You'll definitely be surprised! There's hot, cold, wet, icy, windy, and everything in between. For a rare few places in the world, open air transportation could work year round. For the rest, you'll need an equally sized fleet of cars for the bad days, and scooters for the good days, than can be easily swapped.

asdff 5y ago
they would shovel the snow and salt the sidewalks at my uni with enclosed with hvac, basically more durable 'golf carts' with a truck bed with a salt dispenser and a snow plow in front. seems like something like that would make a decent winter grocery getter or commuter.
- nomel 5y ago
  I imagine that, at some point, safety will become a concern when injuries start piling up [1], leading to bigger, heavier, 'golf carts', with car like safety features. I drive a Fiat 500e [2], which is basically the same size as a golf cart, but won't get me killed. I have no interest in driving anything smaller, and I doubt I'm alone! 1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389588.2020.1799995?journalCode=gcpi20 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389588.2020.17... > During the observation period, a total of 875 GC-related crashes occurred, representing an average of 136 crashes, 65 hospitalizations, and 9 dead or disabled annually. Of all crashes, 48% resulted in hospitalization, severe trauma, or death. Of these, ejection occurred in 27%, hospitalization in 55%, and death or disability in 15% of crashes. 2. Random YouTube for scale: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHh1vAGd8Uk/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHh1vAGd8Uk/hqdefault.jpg
oblio 5y ago
> I suggest you try getting outside and traveling the world a bit, to get a better understanding of the large ranges of weather seen in different cities throughout the world. You'll definitely be surprised! There's hot, cold, wet, icy, windy, and everything in between. Nice personal attack. You have 0 info about me to say anything. You know what they say: "if you have nothing to say, just shut up". Your mom should have taught you that ;-) > For a rare few places in the world, open air transportation could work year round. For the rest, you'll need an equally sized fleet of cars for the bad days, and scooters for the good days, than can be easily swapped. A rare few places? Bikes are common in South East Asia (hot, wet). Bikes are common in the Netherlands (wet, windy). Bikes are common in Finland (icy). Electric bikes are starting to make even hilly terrain bikeable. Unless population density is low, bikes + scooters + public transport can cover everything. People just don't want to do that. That's a different story to "it can't be done!!!11!!".

by nomel 5y ago

asdff 5y ago

they would shovel the snow and salt the sidewalks at my uni with enclosed with hvac, basically more durable 'golf carts' with a truck bed with a salt dispenser and a snow plow in front. seems like something like that would make a decent winter grocery getter or commuter.

nomel 5y ago
I imagine that, at some point, safety will become a concern when injuries start piling up [1], leading to bigger, heavier, 'golf carts', with car like safety features. I drive a Fiat 500e [2], which is basically the same size as a golf cart, but won't get me killed. I have no interest in driving anything smaller, and I doubt I'm alone! 1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389588.2020.1799995?journalCode=gcpi20 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389588.2020.17... > During the observation period, a total of 875 GC-related crashes occurred, representing an average of 136 crashes, 65 hospitalizations, and 9 dead or disabled annually. Of all crashes, 48% resulted in hospitalization, severe trauma, or death. Of these, ejection occurred in 27%, hospitalization in 55%, and death or disability in 15% of crashes. 2. Random YouTube for scale: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHh1vAGd8Uk/hqdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHh1vAGd8Uk/hqdefault.jpg

oblio 5y ago

> I suggest you try getting outside and traveling the world a bit, to get a better understanding of the large ranges of weather seen in different cities throughout the world. You'll definitely be surprised! There's hot, cold, wet, icy, windy, and everything in between. Nice personal attack. You have 0 info about me to say anything. You know what they say: "if you have nothing to say, just shut up". Your mom should have taught you that ;-) > For a rare few places in the world, open air transportation could work year round. For the rest, you'll need an equally sized fleet of cars for the bad days, and scooters for the good days, than can be easily swapped. A rare few places? Bikes are common in South East Asia (hot, wet). Bikes are common in the Netherlands (wet, windy). Bikes are common in Finland (icy). Electric bikes are starting to make even hilly terrain bikeable. Unless population density is low, bikes + scooters + public transport can cover everything. People just don't want to do that. That's a different story to "it can't be done!!!11!!".