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by akgerber 9y ago
Pittsburgh, where Uber's ATC is based, is another profoundly challenging environment— there are a lot of curvy cobblestone streets with >10% grade that haven't been maintained in decades. And the weather is often snowy or sleet
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by akgerber 9y ago
You can already buy a titanium bike (sourced from China) for a very reasonable place from Bikesdirect.com— mine was cheaper than a steel Surly Straggler for similar specs. Habanero also sells them for low, but not quite as low, prices: htt
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by akgerber 9y ago
San Francisco doesn't just need 'ultra-high density' midtown-Manhattan sytle towers, which are inherently expensive due to the necessary concrete & steel & engineering, but also Brooklyn-style midrise density in neigh
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by akgerber 9y ago
As a matter of simple physics, the only way pedestrians are killed in crashes is because cars are moving sufficiently fast to bring deadly force to a crash— which makes cars traveling at speeds over 20mph in areas with pedestrians the funda
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by akgerber 9y ago
The big difference is that cyclists can, at worst, annoy drivers, but drivers regularly kill cyclists.
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by akgerber 9y ago
The worst people are those who drive two-stroke mopeds over the bridge bike paths in NYC.
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by akgerber 9y ago
The limit on growing a mega-region with bicycles is simply that bicycles' limited speed makes them impractical for travel of more than 10 miles for most people. But Tokyo's 38M-citizen megaregion of train stations accessed by pede
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by akgerber 9y ago
It takes one minute to find that you can live alone in a basic apartment in the hottest part of Seattle for $1150/mo: https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/apa/d/capitol-hill-studio... You can walk to the M
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by akgerber 9y ago
You can find a decent room in a share for $1500 in any city in the USA, and significantly less than that in most. When you're 22, that's pretty much 100% of your mandatory expenses, beyond maybe $200/mo in food and $100/
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by akgerber 9y ago
If you are a cyclist getting hit by a car, a helmet is not designed to help you.
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by akgerber 9y ago
Causation/correlation. The population of cyclists who ride without a helmet is unlikely to be the same as the population who rides with one.
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by akgerber 9y ago
They're quite affordable if ordered from Germany: https://www.bike24.com/p238233.html
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by akgerber 9y ago
Much of Queens Boulevard already has a protected bike lane, and more will soon: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/08/04/eyes-on-the-street-th...
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by akgerber 9y ago
NYC tech employers generally allow bringing your bike into the office. The city requires buildings to allow bicycles in if tenants want it: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2016/09/14/three-bills-enhancing... You
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by akgerber 9y ago
There is no such thing as a 'car lane'— just general traffic lanes. Cyclists usually leave the bike lane because it's blocked by lawbreaking drivers or because they need to make a turn, not for funsies.
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by akgerber 9y ago
Bicycles are inherently more space-efficient than cars— the space-inefficiency of which is the root cause of urban automobile congestion: http://urbanist.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454714d69e2017d3c37d8a... As cycling becom
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by akgerber 9y ago
My winter coat is US Navy peacoat, over 50 years old. It weighs about 5 pounds and is very warm and comfortable. It's definitely made better, and will last longer, than any department store peacoat, although you can still buy a new Nav
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by akgerber 9y ago
There's plenty of cheap athleisure stuff: https://www.target.com/c/activewear-women-s-clothing/c9-cham...
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How Parking Mandates Tilt the Market Toward “Luxury” Housing(usa.streetsblog.org)
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by akgerber 9y ago
Often, the more niche the site, the better the comments are.
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by akgerber 9y ago
Many New Yorkers own cars for weekend trips or recreation, not commuting— if you've ever seen how long it takes for many cars to get dug out and moved in NYC after a snowstorm when alternate-side parking is suspended, this becomes very
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by akgerber 9y ago
No one I met in Appalachia or other parts of rural America was remotely mean to me when I was biking across the country after college.
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by akgerber 9y ago
Half of Hong Kong's population lives in public housing, as does 82% of Singapore's population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publ
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by akgerber 9y ago
Montreal offers an even bigger version linked by its metro system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_City,_Montreal
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by akgerber 9y ago
Eating non-animal foods and producing meat (muscle) inside your body.
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by akgerber 9y ago
To your point— sport clubs were popular in the Soviet Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Sports_Societies_of_...
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by akgerber 9y ago
The Instant Pot claims to have some sort of mechanism that will lower the cooking pot and break the seal in an overpressure situation: http://instantpot.us/benefits/safety-features/
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by akgerber 9y ago
I have read an interview with the owner where he said he deliberately added & marketed a bunch of redundant safety features because Americans are afraid of pressure cookers.
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by akgerber 9y ago
You seem to define 'pedestrian friendly' as 'not totally impassible by pedestrians'. A dark, unlit cave that requires a pedestrian to potentially walk several blocks out of their way (e.g. from a house on North Avenue to
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by akgerber 9y ago
Electrification of the vehicle fleet will be great for cities (especially in Europe) just because it'll reduce a huge source of point pollution on urban blocks. And I'd definitely enjoy owning a car or campervan for hiking/b

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