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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cycling takes longer bc the trip is not optimized for a bicycle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I get what you're saying for shorter trips, but once you get into the 20km range that's an hour bike ride (unless you're really going for it) no matter how optimised

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that's where multimodal really makes sense. Like, take the bike to the train, take the train close, ride the bike the rest of the way. There are train cars marked specifically for bikes. Here in the Netherlands. I still haven't tried it, but I see people using them all the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So my commute is on the order of 20km, and that's quicker by bicycle than bus (on my specific bus route), and much cheaper than parking a car

As a bonus I can park my bike in the office basement parking, versus walking from the nearest bus stop, or parking a car and walking from however far away your budget allows

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Should I check the cycling data I have of me traveling in a straight line down the main street of my town without stopping and compare it to the drive time for the same distance?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Go, measure the land dedicated to cars in a circle the distance to the end of main st. All that area is distance you wouldn't need to bike if cars didn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not sure why i would do that. It's clearly not within the scope or the stated context of my comment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Then you failed to understand my point.