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A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.

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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (1 child)

could you really get a bike and all the clothes, safety gear, etc. you need and get used to biking before the end of the experiment

Most people don't wear special clothes to ride their bikes.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Those aren't pictures from Brisbane.

    In places where biking is well established as a way to get around, people think they don't need safety gear. But, when a city doesn't have a lot of bike infrastructure, cars are going to be constantly driving way too close to bikers.

    This is an image that's actually from Brisbane:

    Car driving into a bike lane in Brisbane.

    Or you could have gone with this one:

    Truck crushing a bike

    From this story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-11/many-busy-brisbane-cycling-routes-make-no-allowance-for-riders/12862402

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