Cush_XC
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Here's the American e-bike plan:
* Propose a bike lane in one part of town
* Let the "neighborhood council" shoot it down
* Record the resulting mayhem of e-bikes taking sidewalks
* Draft legislation requiring car insurance for bikes
* Watch demand evaporate
* Continue complaining about parking
* Propose a bike lane in one part of town
* Let the "neighborhood council" shoot it down
* Record the resulting mayhem of e-bikes taking sidewalks
* Draft legislation requiring car insurance for bikes
* Watch demand evaporate
* Continue complaining about parking
"E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world"
And still no plans or incentives from our federal and provincial governments to help people choose bikes instead of cars. Quite the opposite, actually.
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
And still no plans or incentives from our federal and provincial governments to help people choose bikes instead of cars. Quite the opposite, actually.
arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11...
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.
arstechnica.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Here's the American e-bike plan:
* Propose a bike lane in one part of town
* Let the "neighborhood council" shoot it down
* Record the resulting mayhem of e-bikes taking sidewalks
* Draft legislation requiring car insurance for bikes
* Watch demand evaporate
* Continue complaining about parking
* Propose a bike lane in one part of town
* Let the "neighborhood council" shoot it down
* Record the resulting mayhem of e-bikes taking sidewalks
* Draft legislation requiring car insurance for bikes
* Watch demand evaporate
* Continue complaining about parking
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"It's galling that the benefits of our roadway system accrue so disproportionately to higher-income, able-bodied, nonminority adult drivers, while the risks and harms fall especially on nondriving children, older people, those with disabilities, and lower-income communities." @uminnpress.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"It's galling that the benefits of our roadway system accrue so disproportionately to higher-income, able-bodied, nonminority adult drivers, while the risks and harms fall especially on nondriving children, older people, those with disabilities, and lower-income communities." @uminnpress.bsky.social
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The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it.
Bigger cars, distracted drivers and worried parents mean fewer kids are roaming freely.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The number of children injured or killed by cars while walking or riding a bike has fallen steadily since the 1970s, but CDC researcher note that this decline is not because streets are safer, but because fewer kids are out and about in the first place.
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Americans accept tens of thousands of deaths and *millions* of injuries every year of disproportionately young, healthy people as the reasonable cost of riding around cities in motorized easy chairs and if you say that’s an unacceptable and insane price to pay you sound like a crazy person.
May 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Americans accept tens of thousands of deaths and *millions* of injuries every year of disproportionately young, healthy people as the reasonable cost of riding around cities in motorized easy chairs and if you say that’s an unacceptable and insane price to pay you sound like a crazy person.
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"By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees."
Paris to Replace Parking Spaces With Trees
The city’s new climate plan promises to drop speed limits, repurpose traffic lanes, remove 60,000 parking spots and create urban “oases” to combat extreme heat.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM
"By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees."