MixmasterMatt

MixmasterMatt t1_iswqf02 wrote

Reply to comment by Cunninghams_right in Reddit Democracy by bearjew64

How do you get to work in the winter or summer? Or when you have to bring supplies? Or when you have to commute a few dozen miles? Or when you can’t get to work covered in sweat? How do you take your kids to soccer practice? How do you get groceries? What about old people? What about people with physical disabilities? Bicycling only works under certain weather conditions for a very narrow set of people that has everything they need within 5 miles of their house and never has to transport anything bigger than a backpack. It is a recreational hobby, not a means of viable transportation for the vast majority. Bikemore hipsters want their private parade lanes so everyone can see how hip they are as they fixed gear towards the latest craft brewery. But most of us are getting fed up with the resources this city pours into your hobby while real solutions like busses, rail, subways, and even electric ride shares get ignored and the streets that 99.9999% of people use to get to work and pay taxes crumble. It’s a great way for the city to say they did something without doing anything useful though.

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MixmasterMatt t1_iswkug8 wrote

Reply to comment by Cunninghams_right in Reddit Democracy by bearjew64

I live in the district with the most bike infrastructure, and no one uses it. You can count on one hand the number of bicycles I see in a year. Bikemore is very loud and that helps them get a lot of money for their hobby, but 99.9999% of people in Baltimore have no plans to commute via bicycle. We need rail, subways, and busses. Transportation for taxpaying adults with families and jobs that need to be able to work in the summer and winter, travel with their children, and get groceries. Baltimore neither has the climate nor the terrain nor the density for bicycles to be a legitimate option. As bad as Bikemore wants this to be Amsterdam, this isn’t Amsterdam and it never will be.

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