They’re both problems. If you watch the video you’ll see that most delivery vans aren’t even half full. They account for less than 3% of vehicles in cities but a third of bicycle deaths. Due to the fourth power law, heavier vehicles do the vast majority of road damage, which we all pay for.
I wouldn’t have expected this community to be pro delivery vans instead of cargo bikes. Europe is switching to ebikes because of good regulation and laws. We should also demand better in places like Canada and the US.
Sure reducing vans is fine and great but full on replacing them seems not very plausible
No one is proposing “full on replacing them”. We can, however, replace a whole LOT of them like they’re starting to do in Europe.
Sheesh, is this really the micromobility community? This is such a modest proposal. “Well, we still need cars sometimes!” is exactly the sort of nonsense straw-person you hear all the time that prevents any iota of change from the car dependent status quo.
like they’re starting to do in Europe.
so u dont live in europe and presume that u live in the states, so it shouldn’t be strange to u that there are parts in the us where the weather isn’t forgiving and temps could reach aggressive levels. u can’t surmount that heat/and humidity with cargo ebikes/bikes.
