In the U.S. most places outside of urban centers are pretty inhospitable for bikes. Even if I did have the range to replace most of my trips (I don’t), I wouldn’t feel safe doing so. That aspect gets a brief nod in the article but it doesn’t even begin to cover situations like winter weather, or any adverse weather in general. This is the same nonsense over and over, placing the impetus for change on the individual where systematic change is required instead.
Winter is something you deal with by switching to metal-studded tires and dressing appropriately. For men, that often means stuffing a wind-blocking layer between your underpants and pants to keep your genitals from getting cold.
Yes, it helps to have the systematic change…but that doesn’t happen until at least some people start riding and agitating for it.
Be the change you want to see and buy me a bike. The government and fossil fuels industry won’t make changes to the infrastructure that enables and protects their investments until they see a critical mass of unarmed cyclists, at which point they’ll throw their hands up in the air with a wimpy utterance, “Aww man! Shucks!”, press a button, and poof! Bike lanes everywhere and SUVs 2/3rds their current size. People will magically work within 5 miles of their home and no need or service will be further than that either.
So quit your winning, quit being a bum, be the change you want to see and buy me an e-bike!
In the U.S. most places outside of urban centers are pretty inhospitable for bikes. Even if I did have the range to replace most of my trips (I don’t), I wouldn’t feel safe doing so. That aspect gets a brief nod in the article but it doesn’t even begin to cover situations like winter weather, or any adverse weather in general. This is the same nonsense over and over, placing the impetus for change on the individual where systematic change is required instead.
Like we say in the Netherlands: you aren’t made of sugar, are you?
Winter is something you deal with by switching to metal-studded tires and dressing appropriately. For men, that often means stuffing a wind-blocking layer between your underpants and pants to keep your genitals from getting cold.
Yes, it helps to have the systematic change…but that doesn’t happen until at least some people start riding and agitating for it.
Ain’t nobody gonna pay to build bike stuff if nobody rides. Quit whining and show up so we can make the systematic changes necessary.
I was more thinking about light rail
I’ll take it
Buy me an e-bike.
Be the change you want to see
Quit whining and buy me a bike
get a job ya bum
Be the change you want to see and buy me a bike. The government and fossil fuels industry won’t make changes to the infrastructure that enables and protects their investments until they see a critical mass of unarmed cyclists, at which point they’ll throw their hands up in the air with a wimpy utterance, “Aww man! Shucks!”, press a button, and poof! Bike lanes everywhere and SUVs 2/3rds their current size. People will magically work within 5 miles of their home and no need or service will be further than that either.
So quit your winning, quit being a bum, be the change you want to see and buy me an e-bike!