Scroedingershat

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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
> The separated lane is just too expensive while there are just a few bikers I think we overall agree, but there are many things that can be done to reduce conflit points. Firstly I agreed that the mixed lane with a shared car/bicyc
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
> It's a little rich to criticise on grounds of cost and then suggest an electric brompton in the same breath. Apologies, I was trying to say that the brompton was the horrifically expensive option. Upsides is they are a bit better
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
As soon as any significant fraction of people use them they become congested, slow, and dangerous to pedestrians. Slowing to 5km/h repeatedly whilst waiting for an opening for a large portion of your journey makes commuting far less pl
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
A tram or two way brt lane, a dedicated bike path, a footpath, and 2 lanes of car traffic can carry 5-20x as many people as a 6 lane stroad and takes up less space. It also costs less to maintain, kills fewer people, massively reduces healt
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
Mixed use paths as seen in parks are for dogs, pedestrians, children cyclists and beginners. They are not and should not be for commuting except maybe as a last mile connection, because commuters are moving at about 15-20km/h if they w
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
> Now, as a driver, I am appalled at the behavior of cyclists. With my experience I take interest in and carefully watch their behavior. > Running red lights and not stopping for stop signs is the worst. And it's pretty universal
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
They're horrifically expensive, but something like an electric brompton as most of those same advantages. You can also usually take them on a bus or train. I'd disagree on the looking suave bit, it might just be because so many ri
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
Funny thing about exercise is you get better at it, people who have had ebikes for a while (especially the ones that assist based on pedal power) tend to be less overweight and fitter for a reason. Also trikes work just fine for someone wit
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
The arms race of complexity, size and regulatory lockin is the idiotic part when making them smaller, lighter and redesigning roads for 20mph solves this problem and many much worse ones.
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by Scroedingershat 5y ago
Make them electric (electric cars predate integrated circuits and arguably reliable ICE cars), put a mirror and a fresnel lens on the back, regulate that the driver has to be able to see the average 2 year old standing anywhere behind the c