Re:No minimum parking requirements? No problem for Fayettevi...
by bluGill on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:25PM
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e-bikes in parks need to be limited in speed though. Don't turn our parks into dangerous for pedestrians bike freeways. Bicycles in walkers do not mix very well, while it isn't as deadly as a car, getting hit by a bike still hurts.
Re:No minimum parking requirements? No problem for Fayettevi...
by dillondoyle on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:23PM
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Minneapolis takes biking seriously. In huge amounts of snow and horrible weather!!
Weather down there seems even more conducive.
My dad can bike from their house to downtown in 15 minutes (more like 30 as getting older). It's amazing. Completely protected separate bike lane going through old rail corridor. I can bike to whole foods from there too without having to go on a busy street.
They are expanding light rail there too but seems like similar to most cities it isn't great yet. Hopefully we'll see more density around the stops. My city Denver feels the same it's not actually used as much as it could be.
They enhance the use of parks, they don't make parks more noxious, they increase property values, they keep the city valuable.
E-bikes are going to magnify the value of cities with good biking infrastructure. All of a sudden car trips become bike trips, and there are no concerns about hills or headwinds or towing a burly of stuff: the electric motor handles some or all of the required needed power. Need to haul ten bags of groceries and a kiddo up the big hill on the Mississippi? the electric motor will get you there.
It hopefully will reduce the amount of surface area dedicated to cars, and switch those over to more parks and more recreation.