• Emi@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    As someone who once HAD to commute for a 45 minute car ride to work… not all commutes work with this. Public transit can help with a lot of those, but unless we rezone and rebuild most cites for shorter commutes, it won’t replace all cars.

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      1 year ago

      The Dutch drive, too, they just tend to cycle for shorter trips. No one serious is seriously saying ‘replace all cars’ as a solution for the foreseeable future

      • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        they just tend to cycle for shorter trips

        that would require major changes in the US to even offer this in many (if not most) areas

        I literally cannot cycle anywhere and have to drive because:

        1. everything is so far away
        2. even if I wanted to cycle several miles there are no bike safe lanes, I’d be risking my life on a 45+mph road with not even a sidewalk. its just road or dirt/grass
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        1 year ago

        I am totally for more cycling… but imo from a policy perspective in most cities we just need more public transit and maybe some more bike lanes in areas they could help.

        • Brody 🚀 Brooks@programming.dev
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          1 year ago

          This is right. I desperately want to cycle places and take public transit, but in Los Angeles, things have been built with such distances that this often means 2+ hour trips if not done by car. Cities need to rezone and re-prioritize for better public transit in a lot of areas to reach this vision.

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            1 year ago

            Portland, Oregon has bike racks on their buses. It’s entirely possible, with appropriate infrastructure, for people to combine cycling and public transit in order to get from point A to point B efficiently without a car.

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              1 year ago

              We have that in LA too, just gotta signal it and hope your bike doesn’t get jacked.