A friend recently expressed her desire for more bike lanes in her city. She wonders about the kind of arguments that would convince governments to invest in them.
yes indeed, all good for about 6 months in most parts of Canada... but there are some hardy ones who put studded tires on their bicycles in the winter... but their is a point when those cold cells really affect the lungs!
Looking at Berlin for example a place I traveled one winter, it is soooo bike-centric I completely loved that flat for most part cycling arena! Even the car drivers had to give way to the 'bicyclist priority rules' there. Here in most of Canada it's a gamble for your life still... drivers are NOT bike savvy so therein I support segregating bike lanes!
I believe the EV's battery usage also drops significantly in the cold.
I DO REALLY like the idea of not just telling our municipalities and up how F'd up the Great Reset plan is, right down to scooping houses and then "you'll own nothing but be happy" into the conversations around what we as a people CAN do to improve our natural surroundings and balance it with our energy needs and economic surety.
I think our government needs to stop bleeding out and start applying withing all the resources we can to develop these things. But then I also believe that Helga Zepp LaRouche has laid out the best Global way out of this!
I am a recreational cyclist and agree with the health benefits that come with active living. There were even times when I was young and foolish and tried to ride my mountain bike in the snow. It's something only the most hard core cyclists would do, but it was not for me.
Hence my opposition to converting existing roadway into bike lanes where, even under the most optimal weather conditions, few people use. Even more concerning given that the ludicrous rush to import our population to 100 million, means that, even if private car ownership becomes extinct, those vehicle lanes will still be needed for busses, delivery vehicles, etc.
So what you are suggesting is that if government wasn't providing 'free' medical care for all, they probably couldn't justify them.
I like Anthony Furey's suggestions that bike lanes should not be on main arteries but on parallel side roads instead.
yes indeed, all good for about 6 months in most parts of Canada... but there are some hardy ones who put studded tires on their bicycles in the winter... but their is a point when those cold cells really affect the lungs!
Looking at Berlin for example a place I traveled one winter, it is soooo bike-centric I completely loved that flat for most part cycling arena! Even the car drivers had to give way to the 'bicyclist priority rules' there. Here in most of Canada it's a gamble for your life still... drivers are NOT bike savvy so therein I support segregating bike lanes!
I believe the EV's battery usage also drops significantly in the cold.
I DO REALLY like the idea of not just telling our municipalities and up how F'd up the Great Reset plan is, right down to scooping houses and then "you'll own nothing but be happy" into the conversations around what we as a people CAN do to improve our natural surroundings and balance it with our energy needs and economic surety.
I think our government needs to stop bleeding out and start applying withing all the resources we can to develop these things. But then I also believe that Helga Zepp LaRouche has laid out the best Global way out of this!
https://schillerinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221222-ten-principles.pdf?x67618
I am a recreational cyclist and agree with the health benefits that come with active living. There were even times when I was young and foolish and tried to ride my mountain bike in the snow. It's something only the most hard core cyclists would do, but it was not for me.
Hence my opposition to converting existing roadway into bike lanes where, even under the most optimal weather conditions, few people use. Even more concerning given that the ludicrous rush to import our population to 100 million, means that, even if private car ownership becomes extinct, those vehicle lanes will still be needed for busses, delivery vehicles, etc.