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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes but you can fit 14 clowns by car

[–] Shurimal@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

These days, though, clowns tend to be the sole occupant of an absurdly large pickup truck 🀑

[–] hyperhopper@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The average car transports 1.2 people

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

That only accounts for cars that fit in a single standard parking spot. It ignores the idiot taking up four spots for his precious sports car (that he brought to Walmart), large trucks/SUVs, or people who double park because lines don't make sense to them.

[–] Currens_felis@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Bikes are a lot smaller than cars

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Proposal, we make ridiculously oversized bikes.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] luciole@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can’t decide if this is a huge bike or a tiny car.

Still not as big as a car. Think bigger!

[–] HyL@urbanists.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ruari@velocipederider.com 1 points 5 months ago

@HyL Nice bike. Appears to be a "Standard High Wheels" model like my own.

@tty84 @Currens_felis

[–] lud@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, that was the point of the post.

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, I don't follow....say what now?

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[–] nakal@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the range is a problem, if your time is limited.

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bikeable cities, e-bikes, public transit, and of these or combinations really should be enough for people to get around a city.

[–] nakal@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need to go 40km to work. It's 30min by car. And 90min by public transportation. I don't want to waste 3 hours a day when I can waste 1 hour.

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

With a less car-centric design, you probably wouldn't have to live so far from work and there'd be more space and money for improved public transit efficiency. Hypothetically speaking... of course this will never actually happen. We'll just keep making larger and larger roads, spreading out farther and farther, and requiring more people to drive further, increasing the demand for more larger roads. But of course certain kinds of work would never be put in the middle of a city, and would be less efficient to get to as a result.

In my city, though, a nice possible medium is bike + transit. Usually this enables much more efficient use of public transit. Instead of Walk - wait - bus - wait - bus - walk its more like ride - wait - bus - ride. Cutting out that transfer and increasing the speed of getting to and from the transit line makes for much more efficient mobility, even on moderate length trips.

[–] Sternout@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

"This parking space fits between -70 and 70 cars"

[–] pwnstar@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just think how many shoes would fit.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Who need shoes

[–] barberousse@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

La jeunesse emmerde les bagnoles !

[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ohlala peuchère, ta mob est en panne? Allez viens, je t'emmène faire les courses en tandem.

[–] bjeanes@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+/- 20 cars

Er… the first row of fine has 18 cars.

I mean fuck cars, no doubt, but there’s no need to falsify the comparison to make the point.

[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago