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jabroni2020 t1_jcmud1e wrote

Ideally this can make e-bikes more accessible and cut off the idea that biking is just for rich hipsters.

And to people saying they should spend this money building out biking infrastructure - they are already trying to build 10 miles of bike lanes per year. if anything, this creates more advocates to speed those processes up.

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aNeonSpecter OP t1_jcmmsh7 wrote

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aNeonSpecter OP t1_jcmasmv wrote

There have been studies done about latent demand with regards to biking infrastructure. It works the same as it does with cars, you build more lanes and demand will increase to meet the new supply. If you build more and better biking infrastructure and make it a more attractive alternative to cars people will gradually end up choosing to bike more. I can link some articles if you want.

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