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God forbid carbrains actually plan around a regularly scheduled weekend event (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is from a regularly scheduled Everglades Bike Club weekend ride in Key Biscayne, USA, on a 10km stretch of road, and all the drivers know to expect it will be there in the mornings.

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[–] 26 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I see the highest throughput of people that road had all week now that it isn't blocked by cars for once.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Is it the highest throughout actually? Density sure, but lower density of people (in a car) per area or length of road at higher speed is still a higher throughout. Fast roads absolutely have a high throughout. Even during heavy traffic you often still go faster than bikes and the whole road is packed with cars at that point.

    So... is it actually the highest throughout?

    Bikes are not replacing cars 1:1, we instead need shorter distances etc. and reduce the required throughout to begin with.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Let's say they go around 1/4th of the speed limit (they go faster than that for sure) and let's say a car on this road is occupied by 2 people on average (which is generous).

    To get the same throughput with cars, you need to put one car on the road (with safety distances) for every eight cyclists. No way that's feasible in this example.

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