tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post5433090605556061400..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Walkable City RulesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-40604139074514166862019-03-17T10:35:41.626-05:002019-03-17T10:35:41.626-05:00BIkes strike me as more generally useful -- from t...BIkes strike me as more generally useful -- from the videos I've seen, Bird has use-rules forbidding downhill riding, that sort of thing. But everyone says the scooters are crazy fun. I'd like to try one, but Birmingham (the only Alabama city I know of which has attracted these companies) is still in negotiations with one of the comapanies.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-28855587972078386162019-03-16T21:42:52.215-05:002019-03-16T21:42:52.215-05:00A nearby city recently did a trial run of e-bicycl...A nearby city recently did a trial run of e-bicycles and e-scooters, and interestingly it was the scooters people preferred. They didn't look all that safe to me (user error?!), but I was impressed to see people actually using them.Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-21056304993749368542019-03-16T14:06:12.287-05:002019-03-16T14:06:12.287-05:00I don't know if there's one solution -- cy...I don't know if there's one solution -- cycling will definitely help, but at the same time there's some novel things happening. Those Bird scooters, for instance -- people love riding them, and they take up even less space than a bicycle. They can't be used for cargo as-is, but for small trips within a city? And then there's autonomous vehicles, which might turn into some odd form of limited, de facto transit. Things are in motion...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-22411641687168025732019-03-16T12:55:16.044-05:002019-03-16T12:55:16.044-05:00perceptive review... it's great that some are...perceptive review... it's great that some are taking seriously the oncoming and present urban problems that make cities unnavigable for anything save cars and buses. One can only hope that the Netherlands solution will somehow take hold in this country... sometime....mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com