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A comment on Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law. Parent comment

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by novok on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:22PM (#19637578)
If your elderly or disabled. Although if you that level of elderly, you might not be able to use a car either, and the disabled often have motorized wheelchairs that could go as fast as bikes.

For people who say 'but the disabled need cars', I want to offer some ancedata: I know a retired couple that bought a house in SF years ago because they wanted a working transit system when they can't drive cars anymore.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by Someone on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:03PM (#19638571)
Elderly: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/elderly/

Disabled: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/disabled-people/

Less serious, but still a good demonstration of the inclusiveness of cycling: https://vimeo.com/131968609

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by TulliusCicero on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:10PM (#19638110)
They said most people, and even many elderly or disabled folk can bike. I see some very old people biking around Munich. Almost never saw that in the US, almost like having better infrastructure has some kind of impact...
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by teddyh on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:07PM (#19638083)
But rayiner said “most people”. Most people are not elderly or disabled.
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by amanaplanacanal on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:15PM (#19640654)
A third of people in the US can't (or can't afford to) drive. Bicycling seems much more democratic.
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