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You don't want to worry about people who can't ride bikes until more people ride bikes? Not everyone can walk, for one thing. What percentage? I dunno. Should
by 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
You don't want to worry about people who can't ride bikes until more people ride bikes?
Not everyone can walk, for one thing. What percentage? I dunno. Should we ask the ADA to stop pestering us about those damn people who keep complaining about not being able to go up stairs?
There's a lot of overweight people in this country. Over 40% are obese. Should we just not give a shit if they can get around? Again, it seems that, unfortunately, the government actually does care, a bit.
There's the elderly. Your grandma may be racing around town in her 90s, but my grandma cannot use a bike.
And there's families / single mothers who don't have child care and can't go run errands without bringing their kids with them. There are bike-things that sort of work for bringing kids on bikes, but many find it dangerous, they're expensive, bulky, and just not convenient when you need to also bring home groceries.
These are real people with real problems that should be considered when we're building the future of cities.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThose are not significant problems in an environment that encourages merely 50% bike use. They should be "considered", but avoiding harm to those people is something that would require minimal impact to the plans at that stage. So I stand by not worrying about it at this point. "Don't worry until we're on track to 50%" and "Don't worry ever" are very different suggestions.