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Large segments of the population have given up on walking. Frankly, I think even regular non-e bikes and scooters should be discouraged by public policy in favo

Large segments of the population have given up on walking. Frankly, I think even regular non-e bikes and scooters should be discouraged by public policy in favor of walking. In my city, I see too many overweight people riding around leisurely on bikes who would be served much better by walking.

occz 4y ago
This is an entirely ridiculous take - bicycling is just as active a form of transportation as walking is. The only mode of transportation that needs to be discouraged from an activity-perspective is car travel.
- 345435345435 4y ago
  > This is an entirely ridiculous take - bicycling is just as active a form of transportation as walking is. No, it's not, at least not in an urban environment with traffic and red lights (assuming you don't run them). Cycling is a non-load-bearing exercise. Overweight people, having excess weight, would stand to benefit much more from having to support their excess bodyweight during exercise than sitting the whole time. And being non-load bearing, cycling does nothing for bone density, and if done to excess, actively harms it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230645/
sterlind 4y ago
You'll have to get up much earlier to walk 5 miles to work vs. biking. Not to mention the many people who can't walk far for reasons out of their control.
UncleEntity 4y ago
I utterly and completely hate walking—I walked enough in the army for three lifetimes and don’t want to do it anymore. Had to walk a half mile in over 100 degree LA heat to get food a little while ago and didn’t enjoy it even a little. Jump on a bike and ride three miles to get some Del Taco, no problem. I had to get rid of my pickup a few years ago because I was riding my bike everywhere and it had too many problems from sitting. Without a bike I’d have just driven anywhere farther than the corner gas station and would have gotten zero exercise.

occz 4y ago

This is an entirely ridiculous take - bicycling is just as active a form of transportation as walking is. The only mode of transportation that needs to be discouraged from an activity-perspective is car travel.

345435345435 4y ago
> This is an entirely ridiculous take - bicycling is just as active a form of transportation as walking is. No, it's not, at least not in an urban environment with traffic and red lights (assuming you don't run them). Cycling is a non-load-bearing exercise. Overweight people, having excess weight, would stand to benefit much more from having to support their excess bodyweight during exercise than sitting the whole time. And being non-load bearing, cycling does nothing for bone density, and if done to excess, actively harms it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230645/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230645/

sterlind 4y ago

You'll have to get up much earlier to walk 5 miles to work vs. biking. Not to mention the many people who can't walk far for reasons out of their control.

UncleEntity 4y ago

I utterly and completely hate walking—I walked enough in the army for three lifetimes and don’t want to do it anymore. Had to walk a half mile in over 100 degree LA heat to get food a little while ago and didn’t enjoy it even a little. Jump on a bike and ride three miles to get some Del Taco, no problem. I had to get rid of my pickup a few years ago because I was riding my bike everywhere and it had too many problems from sitting. Without a bike I’d have just driven anywhere farther than the corner gas station and would have gotten zero exercise.