Yawn, once again an “ok boomer” sticks his head in the sand and entirely ignores the fact that we NEED to make infrastructure changes to deal with the effects of climate change. This isn’t some libtard elite eco-advocacy dude. It’s serious as a heart attack.

Americans love their“freedom”

Yup. longtime Jalop here, avid cyclist and motorcyclist too. And as someone born in London who has spent half his life in NYC I’m also a habitual user of public transport. I moved to LA a year ago for work and guess what? Nothing has changed. I own a car but cycle to work, and when I go to the Mar Vista farmer’s…

Just look at all this freedom

This isn’t always the case.  Sometimes public transit can get you right to the front door of a popular sports arena or theater while parking for that same venue could be very far away and very expensive.

Ok boomer

There’s a lot of people who think that because I’m overtly car-maniacal, I’ll go along with whatever anti-bike nonsense they’re going to parrot. Second to cars, my favorite transport method is cycling.

Perhaps the melting of the ice caps will hasten the end of this incredible selfishness.

DC motorcycle owner here. Commuting on a motorcycle is just as hellish as commuting in a car here, and sometimes even more so in the winter and summer (ever sit in stop-and-go traffic on a motorcycle in 95 degree heat with 70% humidity?). Also, no lane-splitting and drivers that are simply not used to dealing with…

Sounds like rapid and frequent bus service with dedicated lanes would work well. No one ever talks about the cost to build and maintain roads.

Your city is definitely not too small for transit. For example, Stuttgart German has a population of ~600k and has a very robust transit system....despite being the home for two of Germany’s most renowned automotive companies.

All good points, but 7miles is pretty much a perfect bike ride.

I disagree. They could do an above ground lightrail. If areas were really wanting to commit to rail then they would do something bold. Here in Sacramento we have lightrail that goes to a couple of useful places and then they argue about where else it should go due to construction costs. My argument has always been if…

I take a commuter bus to work.

I’m always amazed by the binary thought process that seems prevalent today - If you’re “this”, you cannot be “that”.

This last point is 100% on the money. They should also factor in weight (the indisputable enemy of efficiency), but then discount for hybrid or pure electric.

Amazing. A rant about people not understanding things, by a person who completely misunderstood the thing they are ranting about.

tl;dr - people who don’t understand how technology works lose their sh*t when they achieve a minimal understanding of how technology works.

I daily drive a 115 mile range BMW i3 and it’s more than enough. It has literally never been a problem.

Counterpoint: 110 miles is about what most electric cars should have. 110 is usually enough, and when it’s not 300 probably won’t be either.