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Cruel@programming.dev 3 weeks agoTrains and bikes are much more inconvenient. Though bikes are good for close proximity.
I find the opposite to be true. Taking a train is so much more convenient. Don’t have to find a place to park, don’t have to do any work to get there. Just sit down and wait
Bikes are nice because I don’t have to worry about traffic much, and generally parking isn’t an issue
Cars are really inconvenient. You have a gigantic vehicle that you have to navigate around many other vehicles, then find a parking spot, usually not close to where you’re actually going
Finally a place to park a car is inconvenient, but locking up a bike someone isn’t?
And you must live within walking distance of a train.
And you must live within walking distance of a train.
Or they just take a bus? It’s crazy to think about, but not all buses are US and Canadian ones that come every hour and take two hours and five connections to get you to the station.
Also, locking up a bike is comparatively very easy to parking a car. The only reason car parking is often easy in North American cities is because of ridiculous parking minimums that subsidize car ownership through free storage for giant metal boxes, blanket the landscape in otherwise-useless asphalt, and vastly inflate the distances between locations for the people not using cars (including from, say, your house to the train station).
I can’t speak to trains (our rail system is a joke here) but I’ve been having more fun traveling and saving money by using my bike. Since I’m on the ground floor, it’s very convenient.
Damage@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
There are bikes that have motors, it helps reach further away locations.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Do those motors keep the rain and snow off you?
And look at all these single non-parents trying to tell everyone they should only use a bike…
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Don’t forget that most of them live in dense urban areas as well, and to say they “look down” on those who don’t would be an absurd understatement.
Like, I moved to a place that is aiming to be an entirely walkable town, but it’s not there yet. The pandemic put a lot of the development on hold and things are finally getting back up to speed now. My closest grocery store was going to be two blocks away,but that was scrapped. There’s one being built that will be a 30 minute bike ride away. Currently, the closest one(s) are ~10 miles away. I work a job that is entirely possible to do remotely, but the execs have forced us all back into the office, ~20 miles away. I drive a hybrid because I can’t afford a full EV right now. My home’s power is nuclear and solar.
Some of the chucklefucks in these comment sections act like I’m personally clear cutting the rainforests because I dare to say that I require a car in my current life situation. Motherfuckers, I’m doing all I personally can. So go sabotage some private jets, or locally campaign for more bike lanes and public transit solutions, and get off my balls.
Taldan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
These discussions are never about rural areas. No one is going to a rural town and installing bike lanes. No one is suggesting 20 miles of bike lanes go in where you live. It’s always about putting in bike lanes and transit where it makes sense
People are chastising you for arguing people in cities that could easily bike need to drive a car. That’s what you’re doing. People say we should have bikes and transit in cities and you come out arguing against it
Keep driving your car. No one is taking it away from you, no matter where you live. We just want the option to bike or take transit in our communities. We don’t currently have that option because suburban and rural people constantly fight urban transit tooth and nail
balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
That sounds like it’s not a walkable town then, not even close. Even my shithole city has multiple grocery stores and cafes on every block, and a lot of people still drive.
Taldan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There are carts you can pull behind your bike that your kids can ride in. Some of them even have up to 4 seats for kids
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You haven’t seen American roads, have you? They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also they have fairings for the rider you can buy to be your windshield basically
Cruel@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Seriously. Last winter here was -25 C. Miserable for bike rides.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thank you, Not Just Bikes, for finally giving us this video when someone pretends that winters are normally -25°C.
j_overgrens@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Don’t bike that day. Bike the other 364.
Sent to you from the Netherlands where people still cycle in hurricanes.
balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Your partner can just ride on a second bike. What a concept, I know!
If your kids are younger than 6 yo, they can probably fit in a cart behind your bike. If they are older, they can ride a bike themselves. This is the norm in many places in europe now.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I really want to train my cat to ride in the cart
Cruel@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Those same vehicles also have a 4-wheel model that’s pretty nice.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Three wheel is lighter and more efficient