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by terenig 8y ago
No problem :) Here's the mission statement that I wrote out a year ago, hopefully clarifying my motivations: http://haveago.city/our-vision/ But to be 100% honest, if I was offered payment, I would consider it. Re
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by terenig 8y ago
Walking BEST. Biking, second best. If too far, too hot, too steep, e-bikes third best. Plus good public transportation.
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by terenig 8y ago
The chip is real! But justified. Cars have a looot of negative side effects and externalities. Global warming, 30,000 deaths each year in the US alone, expensive infrastructure/mobility, incredibly energy inefficiency, geopolitical ins
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by terenig 8y ago
You make a great point. We have been advocating 3rd speed or protected bike lanes for that reason. As for the pain that might cause drivers: bike/scooter lanes are a much higher bandwidth form of urban transportation. So more people on
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by terenig 8y ago
One additional thing to think about. Cars in general use what were for thousands of years historically public spaces: the streets. Now, people are pretty much banned from using streets and are relegated to small or nonexistent sidewalks or
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by terenig 8y ago
Rental car companies actually do utilize public parking: when cars are rented out, customers are free to park them in any public parking spot. These are businesses that are freely using public space.
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by terenig 8y ago
Ya, Have A Go is now totally drowning in all the bike lobby cash. Please don't tell anyone! In all seriousness, Have A Go is not affiliated with any bike sharing/renting companies. If you visit our site, you'll see that we ar
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by terenig 8y ago
The argument here is that wherever you go in a city, automobile parking is all around. From street parking, to business parking lots, to single family homes with driveways and garages, to large parking structures. Thus, the user experience
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by terenig 8y ago
Agreed!
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by terenig 8y ago
Hi all! My name is Terenig, I'm the author of this post and founder of Have A Go. My friend messaged me giving me the heads up that this article was on Hacker News. I was really surprised! I'll do my best to reply to some of the t
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by terenig 8y ago
Yep! And even rental car companies do take advantage of public parking: when cars are actually in use, customers are free to park them in any public parking spot.
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by terenig 8y ago
Yep. That's what the embedded Tweet was meant to illustrate.