02-04-2022, 10:45 AM
(02-04-2022, 09:33 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: I'm not sure if anyone is saying that.
I carried my daughter to/from daycare for months on my 10 year old Walmart bike with a bike seat I got for free from a neighbour. Sometimes I took her in the trailer I bought on kijiji for 200 dollars. And sometimes, I took her on the bus for 3.25.
As for whether it is easy or practical. It absolutely was easy and practical, but I specifically chose my housing and daycare to be accomodating of these choices, certainly our city is not designed to facilitate these trips for most people, but it's far FAR from impossible.
As for what Mobility should or shouldn't be, I wish our society took a more pragmatic look at subsidies and mobility, but we don't. But it's also the case that contrary to popular anti-bike lane rhetoric, cycling is a very very affordable method of transportation.
You're right, no one was saying that. I think in practical terms this is how it works- either you buy a car, or you pay for a place in one of the relatively few (not that few, certainly getting better) neighbourhoods with good transit.
Otherwise, obviously be able-bodied, preferably younger (not obligatory, but close to it), preferably male (like most but not everyone who comments here is), have maximum one or two kids, be reasonably risk-tolerant/adventurous (you probably know the chart on biking I'm referring to)...and for sure getting pretty much anywhere by bike is not only not impossible, but easy.