Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by brewdad on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:05PM
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I would argue biking distance isn't the problem in suburbia, it's biking safety. My rather spread out suburb is about 8 miles across. That's less than an hour for any cyclist and a fit cyclist could do it in half that time. The trouble is that most of those miles are on 45 mph stroads with either no bike lane or a thin stripe of paint for protection from cars and it's full of debris most of the year.
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Re:Maps show how parking lots “eat” U.S. cities
by thomastjeffery on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:50PM
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> That's less than an hour for any cyclist and a fit cyclist could do it in half that time.
And how long for a car? 5min? 15min?
If you have a car, then you will likely use it for some percentage of trips. That's a pretty serious motivation to not become "a fit cyclist".
All of these problems work together. This also works in the inverse: a good solution would do something to resolve all of these problems.