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Electric cars are a very uncommon mode of transportation too. Should we therefor not care about promoting that method of transportation? No, because then the st
by stingraycharles 12y ago
Electric cars are a very uncommon mode of transportation too. Should we therefor not care about promoting that method of transportation? No, because then the status quo would never change.
The article discussed in this thread brings up one suggestion for overcoming practical issues. There are many, many more (proven) solutions to choose from -- when you make bicycle transportation pleasant enough, people will start using it.
If the "social issues" you talk about are because there's a group of people who thinks transportation by bicycle is uncivilized, I think it is a matter of education and tolerance. Once using bikes is common in a country, you will see that the only social issues are about people having unjustified fears (about the implications of considering bicycles as a method of transportation during city planning) and there are no real social issues other than people being dicks.
- bane 12y agoI don't have to rebuild every major piece of transport infrastructure to support electric cars. Social issues refer to body odor my bike riding colleagues carry around with them all day because our workplace doesn't have a shower.
- andrewliebchen 12y agoWe tear up and rebuild roads all the time. As we do, it's not that big of a deal to give more consideration to other modes of transit.
- alphapapa 12y agoBuildings don't move themselves.
- andrewliebchen 12y agoThere's plenty of width in most roads, save for some narrow places you find in the older cities in the Northeast and Atlantic coasts.