Friday August 3, 2007
Bicycle renting stations from around the globe. I appreciate the sentiment, but this would never work in Miami. If you think so, make me a map of where you would put the rental stations. The distances are simply too great, even putting aside the obvious weather issues. Riding a bike is great exercise, and a really good way to get to know your neighborhood, but as transportation it just stinks. On the other hand, bike + public buses seems promising. But for that you need your own bike, because by nature the bike rental stations will be sparser then bus stops.
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but as transportation it just stinks
grove to downtown = 6 miles
grove to deep kendall = 9miles
grove to southbeach = 8 miles
downtown to north bay village = 10 miles
an hour on a bike can get you really far. what stinks? (besides a sweaty self)
Billermo~
Hey, when was the last time you spent an hour on a bike? For me it was this morning. That was at 6 am, not 9 am, and I was in no shape for anything other then relaxing for a half an hour and drinking water. Also, if you’re proposing those four locations as the bike rental spots, don’t forget to budget time/energy/sweat for walking to the rental spot from the house and from the dropoff point to your destination. Not even the 1% of people who might consider bike transit if you try selling them on it will do it this way.
Also, according to Google Maps, CG to the beach is 12 miles.
ive been predominantly carless since spring 2006, exclusively carless this entire summer. on a road bike, the first three routes i proposed ive done regularly in under an hour. grove to wynwood in 20minutes.
i never suggested anything about rental spots, i agree with you. the system wouldnt work. owning a bike is much more convinient. im jus sayin riding your bike evrywhere doesnt stink.
also, according to google maps. i wouldnt put my bike on I95.
You wouldn’t – and you can’t. No bikes allowed on the highway.
Alesh, an hour on a bike is nothing. As you ride more you get in better shape. I used a bike almost exclusively for two years in Cuba (granted, I was much younger then) and after a while distance didn’t matter so much. You even sweat less. My next-door neighboor does 20 miles every day. I know people who go to work on a bike regularly.
I use my bike strictly for recreational purposes, because my conmute would be too long and of course there are no showers, etc. But back when I was in school I used the bike often (Surfside to South Beach). I use it now to go to B