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City roads should be ‘ripped out completely’ to fight pollution, says government adviser(www.telegraph.co.uk)

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homoludens@feddit.de
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Just to offer one possible alternative: cargo bikes/trikes are a thing.

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infreq@lemmy.world
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Are you fucking kidding me? Have you ever had to transport anything jeavor or large in real life?

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Lol, lightweight cargo 😁

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Hyperreality@kbin.social
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Of course they haven’t. That’s something for the help or their parents to worry about.

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grue@lemmy.world
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Ah, there it is: the Shroedinger’s cyclist. Every cyclist is simultaneously broke and privileged until the car-brain decides which is more convenient for his current argument!

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homoludens@feddit.de
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TIL we never actually moved my girlfriend’s whole household by bike (and cart) when we moved in together.

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Oh great, how many cargo bikes would we need to carry a pallet of milk cartons to the local grocery store? How many would we need to replace one truckload?

Doesn’t matter because you also need a refrigeration system to keep the milk from spoiling. Good luck putting that on a bike.

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200 kilos load and 1.3 m3 useful storage

OK, so to carry the same payload as one standard reefer trailer… we’ll use the lightweight value of 49000 lbs (22226 kg)… we’ll only need… 111 refrigerated cargo bikes.

Oh yeah, that’s practical. That will definitely be a workable, scalable solution.

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You all are down voting facts? So sorry that reality doesn’t fit your fantasy.

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