Re:Biggest Barrier to Biking Is a Fear of Cars
by ripley12 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:04PM
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> Making cars more expensive to own and operate is an inflationary force that disproportionately afflicts the poor
No it isn't. I think you know the answer to the question "are transit riders more or less affluent than drivers on average?"
> And those twee little bicycle-lane-only traffic lights? Cute, right? Those are basically tombstones for your local art scene, because that whole block is 'going Vanhattan' (portmanteau of 'Vancouver' and 'Manhattan').
Name one place where this has occurred in Vancouver (which I am intimately familiar with).
No it isn't. I think you know the answer to the question "are transit riders more or less affluent than drivers on average?"
> And those twee little bicycle-lane-only traffic lights? Cute, right? Those are basically tombstones for your local art scene, because that whole block is 'going Vanhattan' (portmanteau of 'Vancouver' and 'Manhattan').
Name one place where this has occurred in Vancouver (which I am intimately familiar with).