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

Show threadOpen Water Otter VE7GR🏳️‍🌈Feb 10, 2023
@marcprecipice I'm 63, commute year round by bike. It seems all the utility cyclists I see are old farts like me. It's the same crap I see in the anti bike lane debates here in #Vancouver about bike lanes discriminating against seniors and the disabled. Running along last week on the seawall, got passed by a senior on a bike and a guy riding a hand cycle.
Show threadMarc HedlundFeb 10, 2023
@Tribear excellent cycling and an excellent beard, sir!
Show threadOpen Water Otter VE7GR🏳️‍🌈
@marcprecipice Thanks!
Feb 11, 2023 at 12:04amWeb