I found online that about 39% of homes in the U.S. have a second car. Instead of that extra car, why not switch to a bike?
by Rahi1994
I found online that about 39% of homes in the U.S. have a second car. Instead of that extra car, why not switch to a bike?
by Rahi1994
12 Comments
Capitalism hates bikes, bikes create joy, good exercise, healthy body, healthy mind, no health care bills, no medications, no car insurance bills, no car maintenance bills, no gas bills and no parking tickets.. See?
Only two? In the U.S. every member in a household above the legal age limit is expected to have their own car. We all get in our personal cars alone enjoying the space provided by 4 empty passenger seats and drive in a convoy to McDonald’s for dinner. If one of them decides to get a bike the rest of the household will shame them for being too slow and fit to eat with them at McDonald’s.
They usually having a bike, it’s more so collecting dust or just rusting away. That or an e-bike.
It’s not that people don’t have bikes or access to them, they’re just too unmotivated to hop on and break a sweat or whatever the reason
lol
Just bought a second car. First time. Makes so many things easier.
Still commute to the office on my bike too.
I commute by bike and my wife does occasionally. My car sits idle most of the time but without it I wouldn’t be able to do stuff like to hiking while my wife is using her car if I didn’t have my own. It’s a bit wasteful
My wife and I each have a car because we don’t go everywhere together.
I bike to work, but if I’m taking a kid to the doctors while she’s taking the other to a friend’s house, we need 2 cars.
Your idea only works where public transportation is reliable and things are close.
I am going to sell my car after 8 months of bike commuting through winter, spring, summer and now autumn.
In winter I used a folding bike and if the weather ever got absolutely awful my wife would come get me from work after she’d also finished (a 5 min detour) and I could fold the bike and put it in the rear. I think with the money saved I could buy myself a new bike every year if I wanted to! (I won’t because I like the environment lol)
Both? Both is good.
Because it’s the USA… probably the least bike friendly place on earth.
I ask my parents this question all the time. My father commutes primarily by bike, and my mother works remote. Why do they still have two cars? The response I always get is that it’s not that much more expensive and what if one of us wants to go out when the other is using the car.
It’s something I don’t really understand, since they barely use one car a couple times a week.
We could unlock a lot of economic growth through a built environment that didn’t require a second car to raise a family
Because riding a few km on near-highway-size roads surrounded with agressive drivers who would happily see you squashed dead is not viable. If I was in a typical USA suburb I would not cycle for transport except on particular routes I planned out. It’s just not viable to use a bike as a go-whereever vehicle in the states.