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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The site found that despite millions being invested in cycling infrastructure across America, the number of people regularly riding to work has fallen by 75,000 compared with pre-pandemic levels.

This is such bullshit. If you follow the links it does lead to a number or even a lot of investment. Some cities improving stuff but they are also counting people buying e-bikes, and entire cities buying bike fleets. You can spend billions on buying bikes if you want, that's not "infrastructure".

"Millions" across the US is a laughable investment. European cities individually spend more than that, because it's cheaper than maintaining roads for cars, adding more lanes of highways, and climate change.

I bet you the amount of money being poured into new highways is 100x was is being done for bikes.

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I latched onto the same stat, but for a different reason. What percentage of those 75,000 don't ride to work because they are now working from home?

I don't ride to work anymore, but I put in more miles than ever. 30 miles round trip to grab a beer with a friend on Saturday afternoon, hell yeah! Sometimes I go out on my lunch breaks to wake up and re-energize myself.

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