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Originally Posted by HappyRider
The doo gooders in big cities are busy taking away lanes from cars and giving them to one in a million bikers but have no qualm running dirty diesel buses all day. Why aren't all city buses electric? That's one segment that hybrid/electric should work nicely.
I agree that all buses should be low emission, as should taxis and indeed eventually all vehicles should be.
Although I am not againt bike lanes or encouraging walking, as that also has wider implcations in relation to fitness and obesity and is also better in terms of air quality.
Bikers are city residents and have a right to transportation support. I'm a fan of converting entire streets to bike and pedestrian traffic. Fewer cars is the goal. Most of our buses are either natural gas or hybrid electric.
Although I am not againt bike lanes or encouraging walking, as that also has wider implcations in relation to fitness and obesity and is also better in terms of air quality.
And utterly unworkable in most climates. I resent when "planners" sitting in corporate penthouses looking down at people deciding how people should live. You'd be crazy to ride those bike lanes on busy city streets.
Bikers are city residents and have a right to transportation support. I'm a fan of converting entire streets to bike and pedestrian traffic. Fewer cars is the goal. Most of our buses are either natural gas or hybrid electric.
The old central parts of many European cities are closed to automobile traffic-- more due to practical concerns given the narrowness of the old streets. While our intuitive feeling is that pedestrian only sections might carry some advantage, we tend to ignore the down-side and unintended consequences of social engineering....
....a big part of our traffic problems today stem from engineers & city planners in the 60s & 70s who thought it would be great to build new neighborhoods in the 'burbs with quiet, winding streets for isolated residential areas accessed only by major 4-6 lane arteries that would carry us to shopping & business centers with large parking lots. Now you can't easily/safely walk or bike to get around in most suburbs and the topography doesn't lend itself well to public transportation.
And utterly unworkable in most climates. I resent when "planners" sitting in corporate penthouses looking down at people deciding how people should live. You'd be crazy to ride those bike lanes on busy city streets.
The old central parts of many European cities are closed to automobile traffic-- more due to practical concerns given the narrowness of the old streets. While our intuitive feeling is that pedestrian only sections might carry some advantage, we tend to ignore the down-side and unintended consequences of social engineering....
....a big part of our traffic problems today stem from engineers & city planners in the 60s & 70s who thought it would be great to build new neighborhoods in the 'burbs with quiet, winding streets for isolated residential areas accessed only by major 4-6 lane arteries that would carry us to shopping & business centers with large parking lots. Now you can't easily/safely walk or bike to get around in most suburbs and the topography doesn't lend itself well to public transportation.
Which is why many are flocking to the inner cities and abandoning sterile suburbia.
Which is why many are flocking to the inner cities and abandoning sterile suburbia.
Here on Planet Earth jobs and singles' bars bring young folks to the city-- not necessarily listed here in order of their priorities. Whether or not they can ride their bicycles to work has little to do with the choice.
Here on Planet Earth jobs and singles' bars bring young folks to the city-- not necessarily listed here in order of their priorities. Whether or not they can ride their bicycles to work has little to do with the choice.
You live in fly over country. In urban America, a lot more makes a difference. There are probably more bike commuters in DC than people in your entire county. In close in neighborhoods about 20% of commuters use bikes.
You live in fly over country. In urban America, a lot more makes a difference. There are probably more bike commuters in DC than people in your entire county. In close in neighborhoods about 20% of commuters use bikes.
Which is why 140,000 bicycles are seen chained to street signs, fences and fire hydrants in Manhattan from nine to five every Monday through Friday, right?
"In New York City, 1.2 percent of commuters said they usually take a bike most of the way to work, extending a three-year plateau. In Chicago, the estimate was 1.7 percent, the same as in 2014. In Los Angeles: 1.1 percent, statistically flat but the lowest estimate since 2012. Philadelphia again posted 2.2 percent, a rate it first hit in 2009."
And I bet they all moved to the big city just for the opportunity to pedal to work every day.
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