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Not everyone can ride bikes, and trains just take you from one place where you don't want to be to another place where you don't want to be.


There's a rehab hospital here in Boston that does assistive bike rides. They have a wide variety of bicycles and tricycles and can get just about anyone out there pedaling with either hands or feet.

Yes, pretty much everyone can ride bikes. Or scooters. Or velomobiles. Or hang gliders. There is some human-powered vehicle out there for everyone.

We just have to get out of this local maxima based around driving oil-burning SUVs.


Most of the places I want to be are right next to subway stops. Just because you live somewhere with garbage transit doesn’t mean transit is inherently bad.


> Not everyone can ride bikes

And those unfortunate souls will have to buy cars, but the roads will be much less congested now that most are on bike paths. A single free lane is faster than three packed ones.




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