The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down

Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by The-Bus on Monday November 08, 2021 @04:26PM (#29154488)

> Edit: to add on, bikes are like 1-2 orders of magnitude cheaper than cars too, both in upfront and ongoing costs also. It’s super unfortunate that it still gets the stereotype as a “rich white people” activity when it’s really so much more financially accessible than a car.

The thought that biking is only for the rich is especially galling when I hear it said about NYC cyclists. The person saying this is thinking of the lycra'd-up dentist riding a Pinarello Dogma. The Manhattan Bridge had 180,000 bike trips on it this June. Williamsburg had 230,000.[1] Cycling is much more prevalent than non-cyclers think.

1: https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bike-counts.sh...

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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by rootusrootus on Monday November 08, 2021 @06:37PM (#29155768)

> The Manhattan Bridge had 180,000 bike trips on it this June.

That's not bad at all, close to 10% of car traffic, based on old numbers.

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