Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
For about ten years I was a serious cyclist as a hobby, so I have nothing against bicycles. My ex-wife and I rode from Seattle to Los Angeles in 1979, taking three weeks and averaging 75 miles per day, just for fun (and it was a blast). However, cycling is not for everybody.
My biggest criticism of this OP is actually a minor one; it is posted in the wrong forum. I think it should be in the Frugal Living sub-forum, because it focuses on saving money. While I am far from being a fat cat, I can easily afford to own and operate my car, so an appeal to save money by cycling passes me right by. That appeal might resonate more with the posters in the Frugal Living sub-forum, who are there for the specific reason (one would presume) that they need to find ways to economize.
Don't argue common sense. You will not win in a thread like this.
Shame on you for your disparaging unfounded statement. Common sense says it's better to take the cheapest form of transportation that you can. If a bicycle is not the right form then maybe mass transit is but one person per car is just the most inefficient, asinine, and lazy form of transportation on the planet!
Common sense says it's better to take the cheapest form of transportation that you can.
Key part of this you aren't grasping is the "you can" part. It is easy to wag your finger that people should be riding bikes to work, but statistics on average commute distances pretty well kick that right out of the equation for most people.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Grandpa Pipes
If a bicycle is not the right form then maybe mass transit is but one person per car is just the most inefficient, asinine, and lazy form of transportation on the planet!
My wife drives to work in 25 minutes. To take mass transit she would have:
20 minute walk to bus stop (we live in suburbs)
10 minute wait on bus
30 minute bus ride
10 minutes waiting for transfer
15 minutes bus ride
5 minute walk
Time is money, doing the math on 50 minutes vs. 180 minutes of commute time daily (which is basically extending the workday and reducing hourly wages) it isn't close even if one tries to make aggressive assumptions on car maintenance and gas costs. It isn't lazy, it isn't asinine, it is efficiency.
but one person per car is just the most inefficient, asinine, and lazy form of transportation on the planet!
its also the best!
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
