A bike isn’t an option everywhere, especially in the US. My parents are from the Netherlands, where almost everyone bikes almost everywhere. When they moved to the US, my dad biked to work once. To my knowledge, in the 30 years they lived here, he’s never decided to try it again.
One of the games I play on my commute is imagining what the bike route would be like. I looked it up once and every path included a high traffic street with no sidewalk; where I live, that’s straight up flirting with death. Cycling in my area requires a large group and/or limited capacity for risk assessment.
dalekcaan@lemm.ee 4 months ago
A bike isn’t an option everywhere, especially in the US. My parents are from the Netherlands, where almost everyone bikes almost everywhere. When they moved to the US, my dad biked to work once. To my knowledge, in the 30 years they lived here, he’s never decided to try it again.
MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 4 months ago
One of the games I play on my commute is imagining what the bike route would be like. I looked it up once and every path included a high traffic street with no sidewalk; where I live, that’s straight up flirting with death. Cycling in my area requires a large group and/or limited capacity for risk assessment.
doingthestuff@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The only bikes I see on my drive are there in memorial to someone who died there on a bike.
3aqn5k6ryk@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Not with that attitude.