stepan@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoCar free cities should be the future.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13
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minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThat’s true to an extent. I do have ebikes but climbing hills requires more power and power is limited.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIf San Francisco can do it then no city has an excuse. https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=api.trekaroo.com%2fphotos/flickr_cache/75233/75233.jpg
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI don’t know if I’d use SF as an example of a car free city. They’ve got it as bad as anyone.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI used it as an example of how trams can work on steep hills.
minus-squareFrank Ring@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoLol, it’s not that simple to create and maintain such an infrastructure. Trams and cable cars are unique and part of San Francisco’s history.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoBuilding infrastructure is never easy. San Francisco’s experience could aid in teaching other cities how it’s done. If there’s an easier method, then it could be used, but hills obviously aren’t that big of a problem. Also riding up hills is just a matter of having the appropriate gears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipENw5mjjSg
That’s true to an extent. I do have ebikes but climbing hills requires more power and power is limited.
If San Francisco can do it then no city has an excuse.
https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=api.trekaroo.com%2fphotos/flickr_cache/75233/75233.jpg
I don’t know if I’d use SF as an example of a car free city. They’ve got it as bad as anyone.
I used it as an example of how trams can work on steep hills.
Lol, it’s not that simple to create and maintain such an infrastructure.
Trams and cable cars are unique and part of San Francisco’s history.
Building infrastructure is never easy. San Francisco’s experience could aid in teaching other cities how it’s done. If there’s an easier method, then it could be used, but hills obviously aren’t that big of a problem.
Also riding up hills is just a matter of having the appropriate gears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipENw5mjjSg