Terrific piece. Honestly the most common reason I have heard (and I have heard it a lot) from suburbanites to buy e-bikes is to skip the school car drop off queue
I tried really hard not to be judge mental in this article about school car line for @TheAtlantic.
It’s a big mess. We could (and should) do better for parents and schools theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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We survived by being in walking distance to primary and middle schools, and an easy bike ride to the high school.
Location. Location. Location.
Oh and city designs matter.
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My primary school was walking distance but I took a bus - later two - over a distance of about seven miles to get to secondary school
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Yes, my own case as a kid in Lower Saxony was simple too (bicycle) but I was mentioning the more recent experience as a parent here in Cook County. Worked well for us, but during runs in the area one sees lots of cars idling in school queues.
Sep 19, 2023 · 12:57 PM UTC
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