@grammasaurus asks:
Q7a. Are rising gas prices helping any of your friends take cycling more seriously?
Q7b. Have you (or your bike group) discussed how cycling fits into emergency preparedness planning?
I feel some urgency about both of these issues.
#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite
@ascentale
1/3
Sheesh!
This one triggers me in so many ways. This will be a threaded reply.
A7a
this is a 'sooner or later' inevitability. not a 'price shock' as in the past. This is long-tail. & folks writ-large won't react well. nuff said.
A7b
begs in part to prior 1st aid q.
This frustrates me to where I want to bite myself.
Simple stuff:
ems 1st responders pair on cargobikes neatly pack aed, o2, trauma kit, etc can 'get there' traffic, etc so-what?
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@grammasaurus @bikenite
@ascentale
2/3
with a trailer? can even transport *To* a waiting full service ambulance that *can't*.
Disaster response?
cargobikes again
chainsaws, food rations, water, med supplies,
Can get there when large equip can't.
decade back, there was some interest here in the US, but it seems to have faded.
folks worked really hard on exhibition fun stuff, 'Disaster Relief Trials' to demonstrate capability, but got little to no traction.
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@ascentale
3/fin
So many thoughts over so many years, nearly all my life as I came up in an evangelical/end-times household. Despite everything, this colours my thoughts.
Particularly poignant for me now as local govs are seeking input on disaster readiness & planning.
I know a lot of the folks, even like/have worked with a few, and they are incapable of thinking outside the (metal) box
@cpm @ascentale @bikenite Thank you for all this!
I remember the Disaster Relief Trials….we should have kept that going.
My current thinking is that we can prepare people without alarming them simply by getting them used to riding their bikes more, encouraging them to buy an ebike instead of a car (or 2nd car), getting them used to cargo bikes, etc.
We’re far too slow building bike infrastructure here in the US, so we have to work around that.
Phil (ascentale)
cpm
f*cking b*tch club