Life in the Spanish city that banned cars

Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by ajuc on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:05AM (#18014481)

Biking in autumn is perfectly comfortable. You are just wearing more clothes (which you would wear anyway if you're outside). It's not like people never leave their houses in USA, right?

Biking in the winter is fine too, as long as there's no snow (and the snow is usually only 1-2 months, depending on the location).

And some people do drive in the winter too (but that is harder and most don't).

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by doikor on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:31AM (#18014661)

Actually biking in snow is fine too as long as there isn’t too much of it. The real problems are around the melting point when everything melts a little bit during the day and three freezes over the night and thus you have to bike on ice. This can be fixed by studded tires but most don’t bother. Main issue for me for biking in the winter is the cold. Not really a problem anymore as I moved to Helsinki where it rarely is cold enough to be a problem.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by lloeki on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:34AM (#18014684)

> It's not like people never leave their houses

Arguably many people seem to consider their car as a self-propelled living room, fully equipped with sofa and entertainment system.

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