• Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Bike or electric scooter. Not sure what the distance is but anything under 25 kms is feasible.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I’m not cycling the 40 miles between affordable housing and my office in 105° for 5 months or of the year.

      Not everybody can live in New York where the system can support robust public transit.

      I live near Austin, and the cheapest place to rent in the small city I work is over $4,000 a month. The place I live is 1/5th of that, but it’s a 90-minute commute by car.

      I’d kill for better housing or transit options, but it’s a very complex problem to solve in established areas that largely developed post-automobile. I work in municipal planning, so I appreciate both the advantages and the challenges more than most.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      25 km (15 mi) is a bit of a stretch, although I’d have to test my ebike at those distances to know for sure. I got 10 miles one way throttle-only the other day before I ran out of battery