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Text: Amazon's electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.
Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck
Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that's not a cargo bike man that's a loopholemobile
Are these things going to be clogging up bike lanes and making biking more dangerous for people that aren't working for Amazon? Are they going to have their "drivers" risking their lives on the roads with real cars? Are they going to be out there peddling hundreds of pounds of packages for 8 hour shifts in 90 degree weather? Oh but it's quieter and less polluting... cool cool cool. The human endangerment is worth it then.
People seem more than willing to throw workers under the bus, as long as they know those delivery drivers are using an electric vehicle that doesn't take up space or make any noise. Never mind that it's summer and high-temp records being broken daily, get these guys out in that 98 degree heat so I can get my package delivered right to my front doorstep.
You must not be from the US. Bike lanes here are empty, mostly treated as extra shoulder for cars. I'm not concerned about this one bit.
No, I feel confident that fewer motorized vehicles does not mean more danger for cyclists.
Except for the peddaling that sounds suspiciously similar to current conditions. That needs to be addressed too, but I don't think vehicle type alone is sufficient.
DC actually has a fair number of bikers around. It's not as many as it should, but I've biked into and around DC, and it's not bad. This will easily block an entire bike lane/trail/whatever though. This makes biking more difficult for everyone else, not less.