Phil (ascentale)May 2

@wesley asks:

Q5. How far/much do you cycle in typical a day/month/year? Is there anything preventing you from cycling more than you currently do?

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Show threadYvonne ‘looks undocumented’
@ascentale @wesley @bikenite A5: lack of bike infrastructure is a huge problem here. I can do all my errands by bike within town but to go to the next town? Even when it’s only a couple miles farther across the boundary line between us? Way too dangerous. Shoulders are narrow or non-existent and high speed cars zooming by—-nope. It’s frustrating, as we have a lot of residents who would be happy to go carfree.
Sigh.
May 2 at 11:46pmWeb
Show threadPhil (ascentale)May 2
@grammasaurus @wesley @bikenite Sigh, I'm sorry and I hope that it is changing for the better for you.
Show threadYvonne ‘looks undocumented’May 3
@ascentale @wesley @bikenite We’re working on it, but it’s slow going. It didn’t help to have the feds draw lines through all the grants that had the word bicycle in them……
Show threadRik @ bikescape.orgMay 3
@grammasaurus @ascentale @wesley @bikenite Same situation here. I no longer ride on the roads to the next town over since it feels like drivers have become much nastier since Covid and I’m not as confident a rider as I once was. I keep advocating for more bike infrastructure, but it’s a very long game. Funding just isn’t there despite very, very high bike use here. We have lots of studies but not a lot of construction to make roads safer.