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When I saw the title of this article, I just had to laugh. But then I was compelled to read it, of course since it had the 'e-bike' moniker in the title.
https://www.treehugger.com/bikes/why-bikes-and-e-bikes-will-eat-cars.html
"Dediu argues that electric, connected bikes will arrive en masse before autonomous, electric cars. Riders will barely have to pedal as they whiz down streets once congested with cars"
"Horace Dediu paraphrases Marc Andreessen on software and says “Bikes have a tremendous disruptive advantage over cars. Bikes will eat cars.” Dediu also told CNN tech that notwithstanding the huge investment going on in electric and self-driving cars right now and the attention they are getting everywhere, the bicycle will own the future.
"The bikes' flexible nature will aid their popularity. You can park a bicycle in your home or your office. A bike can be carried on a bus, car or train. A car doesn't offer this versatility. A similar case of disruption played out with cameras, as the always-in-your-pocket nature of smartphones helped them leave traditional cameras in the dust."
Now here is an interesting little tid bit....
In fact, in Carlton Reid’s “Roads were not built for cars”, one learns that roads were paved for bikes in the bike boom of the late 19th century, and then the cars pushed the bikes out.
....It makes sense actually, because cars and trucks are 'eating our roads', and just battering the heck out of them. Roads would last eons if only bikes and e-bikes were on them. Think about it. We are so in love with our cars here in America, that we actually thought our roads were built for them. Of course when they built super highways in the 60's, they were thinking about cars and trucks only. But seriously, our roads here don't last at all, especially in any climate north of the Mason-Dixon line where freeze thaw, just reeks havoc, after trucks put cracks in the road, and thousands of car tires beat up the little holes to make them into large potholes come spring after winter.
Anyway, its a fun article, and all us e-bikers can dream can't we ?
https://www.treehugger.com/bikes/why-bikes-and-e-bikes-will-eat-cars.html
"Dediu argues that electric, connected bikes will arrive en masse before autonomous, electric cars. Riders will barely have to pedal as they whiz down streets once congested with cars"
"Horace Dediu paraphrases Marc Andreessen on software and says “Bikes have a tremendous disruptive advantage over cars. Bikes will eat cars.” Dediu also told CNN tech that notwithstanding the huge investment going on in electric and self-driving cars right now and the attention they are getting everywhere, the bicycle will own the future.
"The bikes' flexible nature will aid their popularity. You can park a bicycle in your home or your office. A bike can be carried on a bus, car or train. A car doesn't offer this versatility. A similar case of disruption played out with cameras, as the always-in-your-pocket nature of smartphones helped them leave traditional cameras in the dust."
Now here is an interesting little tid bit....
In fact, in Carlton Reid’s “Roads were not built for cars”, one learns that roads were paved for bikes in the bike boom of the late 19th century, and then the cars pushed the bikes out.
....It makes sense actually, because cars and trucks are 'eating our roads', and just battering the heck out of them. Roads would last eons if only bikes and e-bikes were on them. Think about it. We are so in love with our cars here in America, that we actually thought our roads were built for them. Of course when they built super highways in the 60's, they were thinking about cars and trucks only. But seriously, our roads here don't last at all, especially in any climate north of the Mason-Dixon line where freeze thaw, just reeks havoc, after trucks put cracks in the road, and thousands of car tires beat up the little holes to make them into large potholes come spring after winter.
Anyway, its a fun article, and all us e-bikers can dream can't we ?
