If their time is so valuable, maybe they should ride a bike instead of trapping themselves in traffic?
The average American commute is 41 miles round trip. I guarantee you that a large number of people stuck on that bridge every day have a much shorter commute, could ride a bike instead, and would actually spend less of their time commuting by doing so.
Those are the people you should be angry with because they’re the ones that are directly wasting your time with their frivolous driving trips. The more we get people riding bikes, the less problems those that are required to drive will experience.
Also, maybe if the average American car wasn’t a wasteful hulking behemoth there would be more room for more people on the roads. 🤷
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
That bridge is too long for bike commutes.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
The bridge is 4.3 miles. Average riding speed for a 30-35 year old rider is 20.8 mph according to Strava data. Let’s say its 15mph instead.
That’s a 28 minute ride at below average speed; 20 minutes at average.
That is not too long, as clearly evidenced by the people that use the bike lane.
einlander@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And that’s not factoring e-bikes. Class c e-bikes can go up to an assisted 28mph.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
uh, i’m disabled. and not a little disabled. I could do that bridge on my trike in my sleep. respectfully, where are you coming from?
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 days ago
I rarely ride a bike or even exercise but 4 miles is still nothing. 🤣
bent@feddit.dk 3 days ago
If you can’t bike for 30 minutes you would really benefitting from getting some exercise. Biking to and from work would probably do wonders both for your physical and mental health.
grue@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I am sick and tired of your blatant fucking lies.