Marc HedlundFeb 10, 2023

Cyclists are portrayed in debates about bike lanes as younger, athletic people. Berkeley's Commission on Aging recommended against supporting the city's current bike lane project (#Hopkins), apparently thinking bike lanes were not for older people.

And yet, over the past eleven years, the median age of the six cyclists and pedestrians severely injured or killed on Hopkins is 69. Only one of those people was under 50. The oldest was 78.

The stereotypes are wrong.

#Berkeley #BikeTooter

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@marcprecipice At our #WinterBike To Work Day in Edmonton, of all places, the 60+ crowd probably outnumbered the 20-30 crowd. šŸ¤”ā€‹
Feb 10, 2023 at 7:59pmWeb
Show threadMarc HedlundFeb 10, 2023
@Coprolite biking is a fountain of youth! Maybe the 20-30 crowd were the ones who had already drunk from the fountain. šŸ˜‚
Show threadCoproliteFeb 11, 2023
@marcprecipice This does explain how Iā€™m not basically a bog mummy.