I’ve spent ~$30 total on gas for the past 3 years by selling my car and getting around by e-bike.
With rising gas prices, I see a lot of folks considering the same. Here are my top 3 tips 🧵
I think some people would swap their car for a bike if it didn’t mean experiencing the threat of vehiular manslaughter just for simply getting around on a bike. You can’t tell me that daily headlines of people being killed while biking don’t impact people‘s mobility choices.
Truly nothing quite like hearing people say in local governmental meetings that the literal safety and lives of cyclists are less important than their ability to park on the public street of their choosing, for free
@MiamiBeachNews the saddest part of de-pedestrianizing Ocean Drive is that cars barely even benefit! it's always so congested that it only marginally increases traffic flow on the island. huge sacrifice for minimal gain https://t.co/l6KX6EojUo
feels like a big web3 unlock will be taking all these incentive experiments used for coordination (DAOs) and commerce (NFTs) of collectibles and leveraging them for good; climate, government, philanthropy.
Do you hate that biking is predominantly seen as "sport"? Are you of lower mobility, but still prefer to get around without a car?
Please DM me if this is you (or maybe a friend)-- I'm working on a photo-story about adaptive cycling to re-frame the narrative.
My IG feed is filled with post-Christmas photos of 4–6 year olds in their new cars driving down city sidewalks and I just don't understand how people think this is a good idea.