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Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo... by empthought on Monday June 23, 2014 @08:42AM (#7931566)
>That's 32 miles and 52 minutes for a round trip every day.

>spend 8 hours on the road biking instead

4mph is a slow running speed...

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Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo... by bane on Monday June 23, 2014 @09:20AM (#7931753)
You have to add up both directions.

The average speed of a bike commuter is under 10 mph. 32 miles thus takes more than 3.2 hours, * 2 = 6.4 hours per day biking the same distance as the average American commuter currently drives in 1/3 the time. Toss in a couple hills and you could easily hit 8 hours total biking time.

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Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo... by empthought on Monday June 23, 2014 @11:16AM (#7932386)
The both-directions is already added into "32 miles" -- the one-way commute is 16 miles, not 32 miles.

People who commute 32 miles one way should get a new job, a new place to live, or work from home.

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Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo... by alphapapa on Monday June 23, 2014 @05:05PM (#7934665)
> People who commute 32 miles one way should get a new job, a new place to live, or work from home.

If finding the perfect job were that easy, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Do you even live on this planet?

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Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo... by empthought on Monday June 23, 2014 @08:27PM (#7935581)
> Do you even live on this planet?

Sure, and I don't drive farther than it is to outer space every day, like people putting in 60+ miles to commute to an office because reasons.

(Can't have the kids go to school with the black folk is my guess.)

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