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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, don’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]

One of the ways you can tell someone doesn't really bike is they fall back on this canard about how difficult and vigorous biking is.

I suspect many people who bike to work don't feel any need to shower or even change - I've had two different jobs over the years where I primarily biked to work and I wore my work clothes and never showered and it was never an issue.

And from what I've observed in recent trips to London, Paris and Amsterdam it appears that almost everyone is biking to work in their work clothes.

Now I will grant my commutes were relatively short (one was about 15 minutes and the other 20) but if you take it easy and bike regularly and are in shape biking just isn't that vigorous of an activity and with e-bikes it is less vigorous than walking.

But a big part of biking leisurely is feeling you are safe when you are biking - as someone who bikes in a variety of contexts when you bike in traffic you feel the need to hustle because it is both unpleasant and unsafe plus you have anxious drivers bearing down on you.  When I'm in a protected bike lane or a trail I just relax and take my time.[/quote]

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