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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by warkdarrior on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:04PM (#25412186)
> Yes, there are poor americans, they are by and large not driving cars in urban areas

That is highly dependent on the urban area. I would bet that there are lots of poor folks that use cars in places like LA or Houston or Miami.

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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by posguy on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:15PM (#25412287)
Even in Seattle there are a plethora of super-commuters who drive from Auburn, Enumclaw, Issaquah, north of Marysville, etc every day in 15+ year old cars as it is cheaper to drive and park in the city than take to commute via another means or pay to live close to work.
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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by 0xB31B1B on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:27AM (#25414160)
The fact that there are poor people that drive does not take away from the fact that the median cyclist income is always lower than the median driver income in all US urban areas so any policy that distributes risk in the form of liability from cyclists to drivers is progressive.
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