Right up until you get run over
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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Well yeah, then you do not have to go to work anymore.
You have a very valid point there.
Just be sure to get hit by a rich person so you can sue and always make sure you have a camera rolling.
Buy insurance too, the one that covers getting hit while commuting.
It also helps to start out rich, so you can survive through the inevitable lawsuit and delays.
I got run over, broke my arm, got surgery, and still love bike commuting. I won't let reckless drivers have the power to affect my lifestyle.
360 camera on my helmet now and live in a more bike friendly place.
I’m aware of this possibility. It’s just…the bike isn’t the problem. Two bikes crash, both fine. Two pedestrians crash, both fine. Two trains crash once in a double blue moon. It’s only cars. Just cars that keep resulting in these tragedies - THEY are the cause. Not the other, non-armored-tank modes.
My doctor said all the commuting will make me a great organ donor.
According to their study, cycling commuters had:
A 47% lower risk of dying from any cause. A 10% lower chance of ending up in the hospital for any reason.
So statistically, it's safer than sitting on your ass all day, even including the risks.
Or, move to a place that allows you to have a bike friendly commute.
*smokes a carton of cigarettes, drinks 60oz of whisky while playing music at volume level 11 injecting heroin while biking
The bestest of decisions :)
That's a lot, you should probably get a cargo bike.
Better be Steely Dan you're listening to
cuz this sounds like a Steely Dan song
I wish I could but it's a bit too far for me. It would take 1 and a half hours (29 km)
Get an ebike! My commute is 24mi (28.6km) each way and it takes me about 1hr 15mins. With some bone conduction headphones and a podcast it's really enjoyable.
I used to commute a little shy of that as a teenager but I would agree with @[email protected] on the ebike: That would make it totally doable timewise. The other part is being able to do it safely though.
I can do it safely. I d6ont live in the USA.
Ebikes are pretty expensive though. And it still takes longer to bike than to take the train, bus and walk.
Access to good public transit is pretty great. If you still wanted to ride a bit, you could look into a folding bike: Brompton, Tern, and Dahon all make good ones. The Packalope is also pretty amazing I've heard (if you're rich, same for Brompton). Alternately, maybe some kind of board or scooter?
Quite a few people bring electric scooters on the train and that seems like real fun and it would probably speed up the commute quite a bit because I could skip the bus and the walking. Unfortunately it seems a pain to bring it on the train each day. The train I take each day is also fairly small so I would be self conscious about taking up so much space for something that only benefits myself.
Either way, I don't mind public transport too much since I can listen to music or play games on my Steam Deck.
Being able to sit back and relax does sound pretty great. You could also maybe consider a skateboard, longboard, monowheel, or skates, but there's nothing wrong with walking either.
I actually enjoy walking quite a bit. I always walk to the train and I walk from the train if I have the time. Unfortunately I'm slow out of bed so I usually don't have the time. So I take the bus instead.
I can respect that, I love walking and hiking as well but I also love sleep haha