Jan Wildeboer 😷3d ago

Let's be clear. This is a car. Four wheels. It weighs 225 kg empty and you can add up to 200 kg of cargo. That's not an electric bike, as the manufacturer claims it is. This is a small car that occupies and blocks the bike lane. This concept shouldn't exist. Us cyclists already have to deal with bad infrastructure. I see this as a provocation, not as the positive change it pretends to be. Such vehicles belong on the road, not the bike lane.

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Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷3d ago

The intention is made clear by the manufacturer. This vehicle is specifically designed to be used on bike lanes, to avoid being stuck in car traffic. In practice this obviously means it'll block the bike lane or sidewalk while delivery is done, which can take minutes.

"Designed for Cycling infrastructure
eQuad Width 36 inches (910 mm)"

https://fernhay.com/equad/

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Show threadJeremiah C. Foster 🇸🇪🇺🇸🍥3d ago
@jwildeboer Yes, maybe. But that picture looks like it’s in an American city. And as far as I know, UPS only delivers in the US. Bike lanes in the USA are few and far between, often only a part of the road, and often have little traffic, so there’s that.
Show threadmauvedeity3d ago
@jeremiah_ UPS delivers here in the U.K. as well, although we have many other last mile carriers.
Show threadTomasz Oryński

@mauvedeity @jeremiah_ as a long time resident of the UK I would not go as far as to claim UPS "delivers" in the UK.

They just send a text "you weren't at home" and then drops it all in some corner shop miles away from me which is their "deisgnated pick up point" :)

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