CelloMom On CarsToday, two-wheeled EVs "are actually displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present"
Also,
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually. "
Think about it:
You don't need to be rich enough for a $50,000 car.*
You don't need to be old enough for a driver license.
You don't need insurance.
You don't need parking money.
You don't need legal status, even.
You CAN get to places you can't with a car.
You can feel the wind in your face.
You can laugh at the price boards at the gas stations.
THIS is the bit missing from #JustTransition proposals: safe bike lanes.
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870
#BikeTooter
*average price of new car in the US.
TurningLeaf@CelloMomOnCars All I am missing is the pathway to travel that won’t result in me getting crushed by a car. I am unfortunately constrained by high speed roads that have no shoulders at all. Not a day goes by where I do not dream of having a safe bike lane or (even better) a bike path that could get me to just a grocery store.
You are not alone: I don't know where you live but I do know that 60% of Americans want to bike - but are afraid to.
Organise your neighbours.
Show up in large numbers at meetings of city councils and county boards where road design is discussed and ask for safe bike lanes and mobility justice.
(Pro tip: gird for a marathon. You're aiming for nothing less than a culture change. But those happen).
@CelloMomOnCars Thank you. Western Mass for me. Progress on connecting bike paths is being made slowly but yes, it is a marathon. The road issues, sometimes you just end up in the wrong place I guess because these roads are kinda stuck the way they are.