It's a comic from WokelyCorrect. I'd be surprised if they even know how to ride transit.
A very common mistake is to commute what you'd drive. In many cases you'd do better on paths and neighborhood streets. For example, maybe part of an unavoidable highway segment has a frontage road. Hop off onto the frontage for that segment, even if it's technically 60 seconds slower.
Google Maps is a decent start, though imperfect in detail (routing through a busy park on footpaths, or not routing through a park that has a good dirt path). Use street view and OpenStreetMaps to explore ways that auto routing won't pick.
+1 to the suggestions on starting with shorter trips. They'll work out any kinks in your setup and give you time to become confident on your bike.
This is a good, and quite common, question regarding congestion pricing. The fact of the matter is those with less means often cannot afford a car. It's usually not their car if they're driving into a city (e.g. a work truck).
But let's say we have low-income people who do have a car and need to drive for whatever reason. There's programs for that. Two of them.
- If you're a low-income car owner, you get reduced congestion pricing. It's 50% off the normal fare. They can drive in and pay less than affluent drivers.
- If you're low-income, you would qualify for the Fair Fares program. It too is 50% off for subways and busses. That prices trips to well below the cost of fueling a car into NYC.
Congestion pricing is also funneling money into metro services, meaning the affluent drivers are actually making low-income access to transportation cheaper while also improving reliability and service levels to those riding transit.
Low-income residents stand to win the most with congestion pricing. Personally, I would focus more on how to better help businesses with legitimate car needs, like dog groomers, mobile mechanics, delivery workers, etc. For example, zero fare for businesses licenses at nighttime periods (to encourage shifting delivery schedules). Programs like that could help small business, which in turn helps boost the income of low-income employees.
Has something changed recently? When I was in Tokyo, admittedly more than a decade ago now, the bike lanes were tiny slivers of paint. And I do mean a sliver; they were not much wider than a foot. It would be unsafe to use them in traffic.
Mozilla invented Rust to rewrite the rendering engine. Read the history of Servo and bring a tissue to cry into.
Underground spots are roughly 20 to 50 thousand dollars each. Surface lots are only a few thousand per spot.
Do you want to invest in my coffee shop idea? I need a few million dollars to build the required parking.
Critical Mass was so successful in San Francisco that it almost doesn't exist anymore. These days discussions of bike lanes is more about what kind of lane rather than if bikes should even be allowed on the road.
https://www.kqed.org/news/11941576/the-night-that-changed-san-francisco-cycling-forever
When cars are the only way to get to a bar or a friend's place, then you're going to get drunk drivers. Car dependency has a big hand in causing these deaths.
These disks were designed to self-destruct in the presence of oxygen. They literally rust away.
Oxygen and its O2 form does like to sneak into everything. Even sealed in the original packaging, there's a limited shelf life. Flexplay claimed stability of only one year, which isn't much given it comes sealed in a plastic bag.
For sure. These fuses have been a scourge.
Here's a video by a radio fan who's circuit is designed to blow fuses just didn't.
Not a problem. In that case you'd also have theft charges and would be liable for the car's value in civil court (or whatever the Danish equivalent is).
Road tires are much wider than they used to be. Professional road racers are running 28mm or even 30mm tires for lower suspension losses and reduced fatigue. The days of high pressure, thin tires are over. Absolutely go with the largest size tire that fits in your frame. You'll be more comfortable and have better traction on dirt surfaces.
You'll probably not be able to fit them, but IMHO, ~40mm tires are the sweet spot for commuting. They're wide enough to tackle just about any dirt/gravel path but not so bulky as to make it feel like you're spinning a tractor. 584-700 x 40 widely available with many models aiming for that commute / touring crowd with features like puncture resistance and aggressive tread only along the edge of the tire.