Not Just Bikes, indeed. 😁
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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I won't lie, I have favourites.
To me cycling is preferable for anything under 20/30 km. My city has a metro and it's my second option for this type of distance but I've had multiple issues with it in the past and always come back to cycling for short distances. It's never crowded and there's no ticket inspectors.
Then for medium distances, I can cycle about 100 km but I prefer suburban rail as they allow me to bring my bike and continue from a station, for a reasonable price. The other option are suburban buses, that often also take bikes, but are overcrowded.
Unfortunately I hate the intercity trains here, managed by VIA Rail, as they are super expensive last minute, and won't take bikes.
As for coaches, their network and services are steadily shrinking throughout the years, with reduced departures. Some will take bikes if they are in a box, and for a fee.
Taxis/ride sharing/Uber/Lyft, I hate these things. They perpetuate car dependency and it's just paying someone to use a car.
And I'm undecided about micro transit like e-scooters. I don't like them dangerously zigzagging around pedestrians and/or slower cyclists.
In essence, because transit is pretty bad here, I heavily prefer active transportation, but I will use public and private transit any time if it means to avoid using a car.
Anything but a fucking car.
We are finally getting some displays here that will tell you how long the wait is for the 2 bus lines that arrive once an hour.
It's something.
My city put a new e-bike station on my block this week, and it pleases me.
Can they be ridden anywhere with cycling infra ? Or just need huge balls to brave the streets ?
KC has a lot of dedicated bike lanes with physical barriers, so it's safer here than some places, but a lot of the riding is in open streets unfortunately. Yes.
Trains are cool. Buses are better than nothing.
Bikes are private transportation. Although the idea of a guy with a biking route and having people hop onto the pegs on his back wheel as a form of public transportation is hilarious to me.
Bikes are referred to as "active transportation" in this meme.
My city has greatly expanded the shared bike network, and now I can easily zip between stations.
I ride the bus for work, i like it since i don't have yo pay for parking. But they got new busses and all the seats are hard plastic. At least it doesn't leak when it rains anymore.
Trains > light-rail > (preferably traffic separated) trams > bikes >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cars.