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Logistics with young kids is hard. It's much harder without a car. I actually hate cars to be honest. I'd rather walk everywhere. But the proposition that bicyc
by dqpb 4y ago
Logistics with young kids is hard. It's much harder without a car. I actually hate cars to be honest. I'd rather walk everywhere. But the proposition that bicycles would be so superior to self driving cars that we should pit these technologies against each other as mutually exclusive options is laughable, naive, and idiotic.
- Kim_Bruning 4y agoI think we should invest in both, and I don't think the article is saying we shouldn't. I do think that (according to the article) the investments are a bit skewed towards self-driving cars, where more investments into bikes might have a higher yield. Note that you don't need to get rid of your car to benefit from more people on bikes. More people on bikes on bike lanes means less people in cars to get in your way. So you still see quite a benefit indirectly. That said, with city design like in eg. the Netherlands, you can have shops in walking distance, services and jobs within biking distances, and heavy items can be delivered to your door. This means you only really need to rent a car fairly rarely (be it normal or self driving one day) . This works for a lot of people. A lot of other people do still have cars, but might still eg. get on the bike for a quick run to the store when they get home.