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Oxford Professor: Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
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Sure I'm paraphrasing my other comment:
Bicycle is just a poor vehicle choice for these regions and I'd argue most of the world in general and I say that as a recreation e-bike lover - its just not a good transporation method for mass adoption.
Motorbikes for one are much more viable because the winters are easy and the terrain can be too difficult for muscle powered bicycles. Also Motorbikes can carry a lot compared to a bike just look up some photos like this one https://i.imgur.com/t4aWcFx.jpeg - that's a 500-1000usd motorbike doing your job for years. Minimal maintenance and fuel use and relatively low polution. You couldn't even get a decent e-bike in europe for this.
The rest is filled in by public transportation - busses, trains, rickshaws, converted pick up trucks, minibuses, ferries etc.
I've been living in Asia for almost 20 years now and bicycle is not it trust me. It's only viable for rich compact well developed countries and anyone who says otherwise really needs to get out more.
Cool well this sub is called "fuck cars", not "fuck everything that's not a pedal-powered bicycle."
Like sorry, but you're arguing against something that just hasn't been said.
Cars are bad for motorbikes too. Bikes are still way better than cars.
But also, walkability and bicycle friendly infrastructure isn't out of the reach of south east asian countries. That's not a feature of wealthy countries - like I said, it's very cheap.
I don't have the details to hand, but usually when poorer nations have bad infrastructure, it's mainly down to structural adjustment policies stopping them from investing in their own people's welfare to keep them more desparate and easier to exploit as cheap labour.
Anti-car people in general are going to want to end poverty in general, which means the squalid conditions of a lot of these places would change. It's not a matter of changing one thing and leaving literally every other variable untouched. Anti-car advocacy is part of a wider a holistic change in society.
Like I've spent time in Ho Chi Minh City, and yeah, the place is a sea of motorbikes. It's a health & aafety disaster. But it's a flat city. There's nothing to say bicycles couldn't be used there.
Tbh I have no idea what you're talking about so have a nice day I guess
Cool story, you've got loads to say but no ability to listen. Thanks for wasting my time.
Don't you know they live in asia for almost 20 years? (born there so still a kid) lmao
I think their whole argument boils down to "I cannot imagine a better world."
More like refuse really. They got the same argument as a teenager living in a car and highway infested south east asia city and just got their motorcycle license. I know because i live through that phase lol.