alt Hacker NewsBikes are not going to deliver your packages and food and medical services. They're not going to take you on vacation, haul your gear, or provide shelter.
There's a meme that bikes will solve everything and that cars suck, but it's dismissive of the orders of magnitude more value that road infra can and will always provide.
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ambicapter • yesterday at 7:22 PM
Bike couriers in shambles to discover this.
ErroneousBosh • yesterday at 6:53 PM
Counterpoint: there are four Blood Transfusion Service motorbikes parked outside the doctor's surgery across the road most days of the week, because cars are no good for delivering urgent and time-sensitive medical supplies.
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hydrolox • yesterday at 6:55 PM
that literally happens in NYC right now
Bikes actually deliver a lot of packages and food in areas where car infrastructure hasn't made other forms of transportation practically impossible, and they do it much more cost-effectively.
On the medical front, that's quite a strawman. I doubt you'll find much of anyone opposed to using cars for medical and emergency services.