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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
(www.scientificamerican.com)
As long as someone laid down pavement
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Even a dry trail is pretty efficient on a bike
*As long as someone laid down pavement or keeps the trails maintained
Still by far the least amount of necessary infrastructure needed for any means of transit except walking.
Yeah but the comparison is with fishes and birds
Nvm
Yeah, good roads are still required for bicycling.
Although, it would greatly reduce the frequency of maintenance events if it were only bicycles, since the lighter vehicles would be much less damaging. Then seasonal changes will remain the major factor for wear.
Maybe it would even change the kinds of materials we use in the roads, because you now have similar pressures, but over a much smaller surface area (overall lower forces).
Silly question: why does the human in a velomobile weigh less? :D
I was able to drop off about 0.3m^3^ of styrofoam for recycling on my bike today, all with just my bike instead of my car. It looked weird as shit having a box as big as me on my bike, but it worked.
And it was efficient.