Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by belorn on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @06:00PM
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Is that down a big hill? Naturally local phenomenon can be at any part of a variance, but it seems very odd. Even on a large stretch of leveled road, few bikes get close to 15 mph and the only time I have seen one go faster is from a professional biker, on a racing bicycle, doing a training run, and I would assume that their training paths don't generally include cargo and sidewalks.
The average bike speed, as far as I know, is average 10 mph on city bike roads. Seeing a bike going 20 on a city sidewalk is like seeing a car going 150 on narrow city roads. I am sure it happens, but it is illegal, very dangerous, and not something most people will ever see in a life time. I think it is just fair to treat both forms equal and address it for what it is.
Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by Kalium on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @07:50PM
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San Francisco has a number of large hills and other slopes where natural local phenomena can significantly enhance velocity.
Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City
by teddyh on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:17AM
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Places with many large hills don’t tend to get many bikers.
I don't walk to work with a radar gun, but sidewalk-bikes barreling down on me are a daily occurrence (San Francisco). Not people coasting down the block, people actively pumping and dodging. I've been run over by a bike twice, and while I'll take that any day vs. a car, those shitheads need to stay off the sidewalk.
I am very pro-bike. I road one to work daily, until a couple of scary incidents put me off it. I no longer ride much[1].
That said, the jerks on the sidewalk, along with some of the more aggressive bikers, really need to be locked in a room with the entitled auto-rageoholics. The survivors can enjoy the nicer streets with the rest of us after they graduate from the reeducation camps.
[1] Had a couple bad incidents nearly back-to-back, and am probably doing that thing where one's risk aversion increases with age, but I don't feel safe riding anymore.