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Re:Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching... by stjohnswarts on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:10PM (#26732080)
There simply aren't enough cyclists to be a voting block so it's a chicken and egg problem. People aren't going to cycle because it's dangerous because there aren't enough people to vote in change for cyclists. It just goes around in circles.
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Re:Cycling is more important than electric cars for reaching... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:45PM (#26732505)
Correct. Where you do get progress, it's mostly an ideology thing: more politically progressive people view more support for biking and transit as good things even when they don't currently use those things themselves.
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