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More Twin Cities families using ‘cargo bikes’ to haul groceries and children (www.twincities.com)
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I like the spin here. Headline should be "Most working middle-class citizens pushed out of the market for new vehicles".

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

    grumpy cat saying "good"

    You can buy two good cargo bikes a year for the average total cost of ownership of a car. When so many trips are within bike range, why would you not do this?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    We still need to fill edge cases. Hiking is really big where I live but you can't take public transit to more than one or two trailheads, and certainly not some of the more remote ones.

    I desperately want a nonprofit carshare in my area to fill the gap for this as well as occasional things like moving lots of stuff. Without a cost effective way to get a car when you really need one, people will own a car for edge cases. And when you have a car sitting there... you'll drive it even when you don't need to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    fwiw there might be platforms that let you just rent out the car when it's not in use, it's a thing here and my landlord company even puts their cars on it!
    (It's GoMore, only available in a couple countries but you can look at it for an example of how it works)

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I would choose the healthier option (the cargo bikes). I just don't want to be corralled down a cattle chute where there are no other options. I would also use my vehicle to haul the elderly around, if required (not a cargo bike).

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