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My favourite bit about my commute this morning was being held up by an SUV that slowed down to a crawl over every speed bump & had to stop every time another SUV came in the opposite direction. Good job there were plenty of other overly large cars parked on either side of the road to take up space.

25Jul26 Cape Charles Va 23310 Kiptopeake State Park. Bike 10K a day it helps keep the doctors away 😀 👌 👍

Pain in the arse on the roads and footpaths.

👴 i'm old. retired. fixed income. balance is shot. when I can buy a multi speed cargo trike for under $500 I MIGHT consider purchasing one for grocery runs. since i'll be dead and gone before the end of the planet, it’s really not my problem.

And pure joy!

Biking isn't easy for a lot of people. It's a nice goal but let's be realistic.

I noticed this article was published in 2021. Have there been any recent studies that take into account the current situation, such as the accelerated adoption of solar, wind, and battery storage, as well as the development of sodium ion batteries.

Make your next EV an e-bike. You’ll be happier and the world will be a better place.

The fact people argue instead to put more computers and motors on everything hides the STATUS QUO METABOLIC SYNDROME I'M TOO LAZY TO GROW BAD APE CAR CULTURE PROBLEM. The only ideal to defend for the bulk of daily transportation in cities: HUMAN POWERED FROM TODDLER TO GRAVE (ceteris paribus).

It's a problem that will take MANY solutions. Promoting one over another is a fools errand. Until we have cities with population density and infrastructure that supports widespread bike use, we need to promote EVs as well.

@anotherjon.bsky.social

That should have been @ca.theconversation.com @us.theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com, sorry.

Good ideas always prevail. I always take heart when I see good ideas—despite all resistance—making inroads into areas where one wouldn't have expected them. Here is an excerpt from a job posting by a **tank** manufacturer: Additional benefits include a bike leasing and the "Deutschlandticket"

I was just saying this yesterday - but more in reference to reducing pollution from tyre and brake particles.

Yes bikes are good, but there is no "noise pollution" from electric cars.

An 89 year old relative gave up driving & bought a compact (30in/76cm wide) 500W e-assist trike. It's not allowed on sidewalks--even in places where it's too dangerous to ride on roads. If he bought a wider, heavier mobility scooter, he'd be allowed to ride it on sidewalks. Make it make sense.

@brenttoderian.bsky.social love seeing an article saying 'we have five years to change these behaviours' and then realising it's from 2021 and we did not, in fact, change these behaviours.

I went to Portland last year and almost exclusively used bikes to get around. The major downside is always having to wait for everyone else to arrive.

So use my app and rate it with a review 😀 sprocket.bike/rateus 💚

bikes are only useful for short distances. And nobody really wants to ride a bike in the cold, wet, dark or heat

Here's a wild idea...what if everyone who biked/walked/took PT to work held a "take-your-car-to-work" day. It might give some of those anti-cycle-lane muppets something to think about while they are stuck in gridlocked traffic...

Cities planned around public transit is paramount. Bikes are suited more for last-mile connectivity, not as primary mode of travel

I am really hoping that an adult trike might work for me, once I have permanent housin 😊

Time to build more BOD (Bike Oriented Development)

@sorayamartinezf.bsky.social

You know what I love about biking is how different your view of the city is from a bike instead of a car, it has really been a revelation for me in so many ways.

And it's orders of magnitude less damaging to a road surface.

Definitely a lot of chicken-and-egg here. Most of the roads in the U.S. are deeply hostile to cyclists, so a lot of us don't even bother to have bikes anymore. And with fewer people on bikes, there's less incentive to improve bike access :(

Too right. In and of themselves, EVs don't change the patently unsustainable one-car-per-person paradigm. They perpetuate it.

The bike lobby is predominantly white and male, with no understanding of the difficulties faced by single moms juggling work and their kids' school and extracurricular activities.

Bikes aren't safe or logical transportation for parents, usually moms, needing to drop their kids off at school and then rush to work.

My e-bike achieves way over 100km/kWh. Compared to EVs at sub 5?

I’d be interested in cycling, but I’m not what one would call young, which leaves me scared to even try cycling lanes as ppl go so fast. I fell off my bike getting on it last year on a gravel road. #Embarrassing

eBikes included?

I rode 1 to 2x a week in the burbs due to multi-use trails 17 of a 40 yr career. If I lived in the city and had a shorter commute, that rate would have been higher. Kudos to those who made the Philly Circuit Trails happen. Every urban/suburban region needs a trail system.