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Originally Posted by Keith P.
cycling will never be a major or viable way for most people to get around. Oh, some young or "progressive" greenies will try it, but the moment the weather is bad or they need to haul kids or cargo, or once they start experiencing the effects of age or illness, it will stay in the shed, hanging on the wall where it seems most bikes congregate.
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The primary way my I get my two-year-old around town for short/medium trips is bike, and it will be until late fall. He loves it; way more to see and experience than in a car, and trips are almost as quick (on the peninsula). In inclement weather, or when the weather gets truly cold, we’ll switch to bus/car. But nine of 12 months it’s largely bike. (And I still bike myself those other three months.)
One of my most important priorities, transportation-wise, is to continue building our safe cycling infrastructure so that A: those bike trips with my son are safer for both of us (there are places I feel confident cycling alone that I wouldn’t take him) and b: so that when he’s older, my child will be able to navigate the streets of his own neighbourhood on foot and by bike more safely than kids today can. The last thing I want is for him to grow up in the middle of a city centre, yet find every inch of road space around him dedicated to maximizing car throughput. That’s not anti-driver; I drive too. But in a crowded city centre, the ability of drivers to zoom around as efficiently (or as is often the case, as recklessly) as possible should be subservient to safety, comfort and neighbourhood quality of life.
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