Yup, I've checked it out anonymously with AdBlock a few times and I click links to posts from mods and things like that but I deleted the app (Boost for Reddit) from my phone and I'm not installing the first party one
I can use a couple different ways actually. I have a seat that attaches on the rear rack and a trailer that I can hitch with capacity for 2 kids plus a trunk for extra stuff.
Recently though we purchased a front load cargo bike which comes with bench seating for 2 kids and we can get an optional extra bench for a third. We could also put a rack on it and have an additional kid (or stuff) on the back as well. Technically we could probably hitch the trailer to it as well but I think that would get a little impractical at that point since it's already pretty long so the handling with the trailer probably wouldn't work too well
I really like the flair for home brewing espresso. I have the pro 2 and it's pretty awesome to be able to make quality espresso that's just as good or better than what I can get in local cafes while still being able to pack it away when I'm not using it.
I think the key part of ebikes though is just how versatile they are that makes them so much more practical for a lot more types of trips than anything you mentioned (although I don't know what the aerodynamic electric vehicles you're talking about are)
Ebikes make doing a lot of things you would otherwise need a car for easier. I can't pick up my kids from school on a scooter or carry as many things on a regular unassisted bike (or at least it would be much harder). Ebikes might not be able to do everything but they can do a lot.
For a society that is so dependent on cars I think ebikes are a real game changer for that reason.
I like that this article preemptively acknowledges that ebikes are not always the right transportation mode for every single thing, but they don't have to be. Too often whenever ebikes come up you get those people going "but what if I need to bring a couch which derails from the real point. It's like saying trains aren't an efficient way to move people because those people can't also move furniture.
There are still a lot of trips that can be replaced by ebikes and they can do more than most people probably realize
No, an e-bike is not going to get you to the beach. You’re not going to be able to transport a couch sectional. And it won’t work for your six-kid carpool to the soccer game. But there is no reason that a single vehicle needs to accomplish every transportation need. Use the car for the carpool, and use the e-bike for shorter trips in-town, to the pharmacy, out to dinner, to meet friends, or even to the grocery store, You’d be amazed what you can carry with the right equipment.
I think this is the beauty of decentralization is that individual servers can still maintain smaller communities and still be part of the broader network
I've seen a lot of posts about how having the same community across multiple servers is a bad thing, but I disagree for this reason (and others).
I've found several good videos/channels on urbanists.video which is kind of specific to urbanism but still there's some good stuff. The videos have a lot lower production quality than most YouTube channels, but I actually kind of like how casual it is.
They're just making videos because they have something interesting/funny/educational to share and they're not out there trying to make money.
I manage to ride my ebike for most regular errands even in my car centric US city. I do end up having to drive still occasionally when biking won't work, usually cause there aren't any safe routes
I would love to ride transit more but the transit in my city is really poor quality which makes it very difficult to use
If you edit the URL and remove everything before reddit.com and the change it to old.reddit.com you can view it without the app