• @AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
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    101 year ago

    A valid concern. Bikes are good for fair weather and close proximity. Not all of the world is set up for this. Trains and busses have been around for a long time and can help reduce emissions and work in bad weather. Trains could require costly new infrastructure but busses can use existing roadways. The big goal should be to move away from cars. Ten people on a bus use less emissions then 10 cars on thier own.

    • Juniper
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      1 year ago

      Out of curiosity, could you clarify “close proximity”? Because I certainly agree a bike is not viable if you are in the countryside. However having switched to bicycling and no longer driving my car recently, it has shrunk the world around me far more than driving ever has.

        • Juniper
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          51 year ago

          Understandably so, I think haha. But for me, abandoning my car has made me actually realize distances in my city. Relying on a car, I barely even considered the distances I was traveling, and how necessary or not they were. I was more concerned about where I could park the thing than how far I was traveling just to do errands. But on a bicycle (and just walking), the first thing I do is consider the route, and distance, and I came to realize a lot of the distances I thought are best driven are… extremely walkable, or bikeable. And the distances that are a little far for a bicycle (in my current shape), I questioned why I even need to go that far. Especially if you’re in a city, there are a ton of businesses everywhere, it was easy to look for and find closer alternatives.

          So I guess for me personally, it really helped me contextualize the distances I was actually traveling, and helped me more concretely view my city and what’s around me, compared to just driving through liminal spaces until I reach whichever destination I was headed towards.

          • @kool_newt@beehaw.org
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            51 year ago

            Ah, it’s like it allowed you to view where you lived at a new scale. You previously viewed it at car scale, now viewing it at human scale.

            • Juniper
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              1 year ago

              Absolutely, that is a far more eloquent way to put it! It’s very freeing in it’s own way.

          • @omenmis@beehaw.org
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            11 year ago

            I had the same experience, biking made me appreciate travel over distances I can’t bike. It really is very eye opening.

      • @girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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        71 year ago

        Problem is so many civic gov’ts have mandated that transit MUST be self-sustaining and profitable without any investment. My own city’s ideology is like this and our transit is one of the worst in Canada. I’ve stood in -40C waiting for a bus that just doesn’t show up. :/

    • @ebike_enjoyer@beehaw.org
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      31 year ago

      Bikes + trains (or even a bus, if bike racks are on them) are such a great combination for traveling between cities (or even countries if you’re in Europe, I suppose)