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You know, i enjoy cycling as much as many others. But in the end, it is an illusion. Motorized biking is already making the lanes dangerous. And i have seen bik
by okr 2y ago
You know, i enjoy cycling as much as many others. But in the end, it is an illusion. Motorized biking is already making the lanes dangerous. And i have seen bike rage more often than i did in cars. So, in the end, we will just go again the same road, with how we ended up with cars: we want to go from A to B, sometimes as a leisure activity, sometimes regular, sometimes in a rush. Thats why we used cars or motor bikes (And to avoid mass transport in metal boxes, heh).
Personal anecdote: I wanted to paint my apartment. It was so hard to get someone to do it. Because no one wanted to come to the city. The effort to find parking nearby was not worth the hassle to just paint my little apartment.
We will see where this goes to and how we will change or rebuild the cities. But surely not for bikes only.
- jerojero 2y agoBiking is good for your health in ways driving will never be. You can't just look at biking from a purely transportation lens. It's better for your population for other reasons as well, having your people exercise regularly saves you millions in healthcare costs. Not only that, but bikes do factually use less space than cars. Which frees up space for other things in the city. I think public transportation is important to complement bikes, you're not supposed to bike to the other side of the city.
- okr 2y agoBut people already use bike lanes with bikes that have a motor. They do not care about health benefits. Thats maybe a reason for us health buffs. And no one argues about the advantages from bikes. But there are arguments for cars too. Or for planes. And for any other mode of transportation. Thats why the exist. :)
- atoav 2y agoThat is not necessarily true, I know multiple people who switched to electric bikes. The first effect for them is that they ride the bike more, because they know when they are exhausted or there are nasty hills they can add more of the motor in. So unless people (like delivery people) ride only with the motor, them using the bike more is already a win.
- karmakaze 2y agoThis is going in the right direction. Increased adoption of small electrified vehicles in densely populated areas to replace the larger and more dangerous large vehicles especially trucks/SUVs. In the end we could have roads for small EVs and walkways for people, and no cars/trucks like we have today.
- okr 2y agoI do not know. In asia you have heavy usage of scooters. And still you have congestion. Its always about amounts and how traffic can be directed, no matter the mode of transportation.
- karmakaze 2y agoAsia just has more people and density. What would the congestion be if each small vehicle was instead the size of a full-sized car or truck?