http://bike-pgh.org Bicycle safety, advocacy, and community Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:46:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://bike-pgh.org/bike-the-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-22364 Carpool, bike, or walk? « Eleventh Stack Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:02:20 +0000 http://bike-pgh.org/?page_id=1021#comment-22364 [...] find that you have a quicker commute (and certainly a more scenic one).  Bike Pgh has started a Bike the Strike web site with tips for people who decide to go that route during a possible [...] [...] find that you have a quicker commute (and certainly a more scenic one).  Bike Pgh has started a Bike the Strike web site with tips for people who decide to go that route during a possible [...]

]]> http://bike-pgh.org/bike-the-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-22363 Bicycle v. Train « Librari[d]an Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:09:50 +0000 http://bike-pgh.org/?page_id=1021#comment-22363 [...] The abstract also ignores factors like the health benefits of bicycling, which you can’t put an emissions price on. Or convenience: it is entirely possible that it will be more timely to commute by bicycle than by train. I can get to work in less than half the time it takes my bus to get me there. That ratio tips wildly in the bicycle’s favor during rush hour, when mass transit has reduced hours (pretty much all the time for the bus I would take, but predominantly evenings and weekends), or when mass transit strikes. [...] [...] The abstract also ignores factors like the health benefits of bicycling, which you can’t put an emissions price on. Or convenience: it is entirely possible that it will be more timely to commute by bicycle than by train. I can get to work in less than half the time it takes my bus to get me there. That ratio tips wildly in the bicycle’s favor during rush hour, when mass transit has reduced hours (pretty much all the time for the bus I would take, but predominantly evenings and weekends), or when mass transit strikes. [...]

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