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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's kind of insane how much of our transportation resources have been hijacked by a tiny group of Bernie bros[/quote]

Males with no kids benefit - anyone with kids is not using the bike lanes in the am and I never had a job that I could show up sweaty wearing biking clothing makes no sense [/quote]

I (a woman) biked my kids to school regularly for years while en route to my fancy downtown office job.  There was a gym onsite, so I could shower and dress there.[/quote]

+1, at many offices, it's very easy to "show up sweaty wearing biking clothing" and then just shower and change before you go upstairs. Does depend on when you have to be in the office vs. when you have to be at school for dropoff, but this idea of PP's that it's completely impossible for (a) parents or (b) specifically moms to bike to work is silly. You also don't have to bike in "biking clothing," though it is often more comfortable.

(At my kid's elementary school in upper NW, drop-off is very dad-heavy, anyway.)[/quote]

the vast majority of people do NOT have the luxury of a full service gym on-site with shower. Get a grip.

Adding more bike lanes is no different that reducing taxes on the rich. They benefit a very small subset of people.[/quote]

You do realize that bicycles are cheaper than cars, d+1, as a cyclocross/mtb racer, this is so true. no one wears those clothes except for races and long training rides. i recently did a 16 mile mtb season tryout with just the clothes i happened to have on. anyone in spandex is probably from the team Kelly Benefits, and their racers are significantly faster than any cars going down that stretc  of new mexico. more agile, too
on’t you?  Even those fancy electric bikes some people get these days?  And that there is no obligation to wear special biking clothing or even to get super sweaty (either by using an aforementioned electric bike or  
even just allowing more time and not exerting yourself to the point you get sweaty)?

If you’ve ever been to one of those magical European cities where people regularly get around by bicycle, you’ll quickly realize that dressing like you’re in the Tour de France for your morning commute is pretty much a US/Canadian phenomenon.[/quote][/quote]

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