Denver’s e-bike subsidy program produced more new riders, fewer car trips

Re:Denver’s e-bike subsidy program produced more new riders,... by turdprincess on Thursday March 02, 2023 @11:47PM (#35005935)

I have bike commuted in the following places without near death: * New York City * San Francisco * Portland * Seattle * Raleigh Durham * Chattanooga TN * Salt Lake City

For sure there are some cities where biking is terrible, but I am not sure it’s a “majority”. It also takes some awareness to ride your bike safely in a city, but actually, doing anything in a city takes a bit more awareness and caution.

Is it possible that you could avoid death while cycling by improving your cycling skills a bit? You could join a group of (still alive) cyclists to learn the ropes.

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Re:Denver’s e-bike subsidy program produced more new riders,... by bsder on Friday March 03, 2023 @12:15AM (#35006086)

I'm glad you managed to avoid the reaper, but every single person I know who decided to commute using a bike wound up in the hospital within a year (Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego).

That's like two dozen+ people without a single exception to the contrary. Yes, it's anecdata, but it's quite a lot of anecdata with a strong signal to noise ratio.

Bike infrastructure cannot share with cars given the magnitude of the consequences when the two vehicles interact unintentionally.

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