Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by enriquto on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:10AM
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OK that public transportation is essential. But your climate argument is a bit shaky. Denmark and the Netherlands have comically bad weather all year round, yet bike transportation thrives on their cities. I'd say that an important factor of the viability of bikes is whether the city is flat. For example, biking in sunny and hilly Lisbon can be very tiring.
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Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by goto11 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:22AM
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Denmark and Netherlands does not have "comically bad weather" for cycling. Rather they have temperate coastal climates without extreme heat or extreme cold or heavy snowfall - ideal for cycling year round. Yeah they have rain, but you can easily protect against that. Wind is not a big deal inside cities.
It also helps that Copenhagen and Amsterdam are really flat cities.