4 ms·

That's a problem I desperately hope the US has to encounter soon. Too much demand and we have to accelerate our plans to satisfy all those people on bikes!

mupuff1234 3y ago
US cities should probably first start focusing on pedestrians.
- al_borland 3y ago
  With the way many areas of the US are laid out (being car-centric), a bike bias may be needed. Bikes to get to where you want to go, then once you’re there, walk around. Currently, a lot of people need to drive to get to an area they would walk. Everything is very spread out.
  - ThunderSizzle 3y ago
    I can walk with my toddler and infant and post c-section wife. I can't bike ride with them. Of course, I can also drive almost anywhere with them.
    - al_borland 3y ago
      There are various solutions for biking with an infant, and from what I can tell, a c-section takes 6-8 weeks for recovery. No one ever side bikes should be the only possible form for transport. Use the car for 2 months while your wife recovers, for the trips she needs to take. If you live in a walkable area, go for a walk. A bike path is easier to drop in than rebuilding entire cites and relocating the entire population around those walkable areas. Bike paths take years, consolidating urban sprawl would take decades, even if the political will existed.
    - InitialLastName 3y ago
      Great! if most other people are walking and biking, that's less traffic on the road to slow you down and endanger those young children.
- getwiththeprog 3y ago
  The best way to help pedestrians is to start removing cars. The best way to do this is to install public transport and facilitate bike use.
tremon 3y ago
Too much demand That's interesting because the article says the opposite, that supply (mostly) proceeds demand when it comes to mobility infrastructure. The fact that demand is showing so readily indicates there is much unrealized potential there.
- bombcar 3y ago
  It's called "induced demand" when people don't like it - but for almost all transportation you need the supply before the demand because there's not really any other way to go about it. You can try to work out where people are currently traveling and build on that, but it's such a feedback loop it may not work. One of the most common examples I know of is building a metro line to "nowhere" (e.g. a few stops past where it ends) - in 5-10 years that will be a bustling area because now it's connected.

mupuff1234 3y ago

US cities should probably first start focusing on pedestrians.

al_borland 3y ago
With the way many areas of the US are laid out (being car-centric), a bike bias may be needed. Bikes to get to where you want to go, then once you’re there, walk around. Currently, a lot of people need to drive to get to an area they would walk. Everything is very spread out.
- ThunderSizzle 3y ago
  I can walk with my toddler and infant and post c-section wife. I can't bike ride with them. Of course, I can also drive almost anywhere with them.
  - al_borland 3y ago
    There are various solutions for biking with an infant, and from what I can tell, a c-section takes 6-8 weeks for recovery. No one ever side bikes should be the only possible form for transport. Use the car for 2 months while your wife recovers, for the trips she needs to take. If you live in a walkable area, go for a walk. A bike path is easier to drop in than rebuilding entire cites and relocating the entire population around those walkable areas. Bike paths take years, consolidating urban sprawl would take decades, even if the political will existed.
  - InitialLastName 3y ago
    Great! if most other people are walking and biking, that's less traffic on the road to slow you down and endanger those young children.
getwiththeprog 3y ago
The best way to help pedestrians is to start removing cars. The best way to do this is to install public transport and facilitate bike use.

tremon 3y ago

Too much demand That's interesting because the article says the opposite, that supply (mostly) proceeds demand when it comes to mobility infrastructure. The fact that demand is showing so readily indicates there is much unrealized potential there.

bombcar 3y ago
It's called "induced demand" when people don't like it - but for almost all transportation you need the supply before the demand because there's not really any other way to go about it. You can try to work out where people are currently traveling and build on that, but it's such a feedback loop it may not work. One of the most common examples I know of is building a metro line to "nowhere" (e.g. a few stops past where it ends) - in 5-10 years that will be a bustling area because now it's connected.