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Re:Banning cars on SF’s Market Street, once a radical idea, ... by Shivetya on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:08AM (#21269482)
because in many cities they companies are held by very influential people who pretty much have a local politician or more in their pocket.

the real danger in my city isn't taxi or uber/lyft, it is the ebike rentals. they are currently banned after dark and have caused over two hundred calls for injury to Atlanta fire services, plus four deaths involving the bikes

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Re:Banning cars on SF’s Market Street, once a radical idea, ... by dangus on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:12AM (#21269946)
That sounds bad but I encourage caution in using statistics this way as Atlanta is a big place.

How many traditional bicycle deaths happen in Atlanta per year? How many calls for bicycle injuries happen a year?

Just saying that e-bikes have 200 injury calls and 4 deaths is insufficient information to hold any opinion on them.

Georgia has over 4 automobile deaths per day.

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Re:Banning cars on SF’s Market Street, once a radical idea, ... by vertex-four on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:42AM (#21270865)
How many of those injuries and deaths were due to a car?
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