This is a good point. What conversion kit did you use?
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Honestly Milan is not really bike friendly (even if sloooowly getting better), that's why we need this kind of demonstrations
The additional complexity and manteinance needed by ebikes is the major factor that scares me, more than price.
I want to do as little manteinance to my bike as possible, to be able to do it on my own, and ebikes don't look like something that would allow me to do so, at the moment
Just guessing: trying to minimize vortexes and turbulences.
Conclusions are similar to this video from Berm Peak channel, that could find goof helemts (in terms of protection) at low price.
However he advises to be aware of the existence of helemts on amazon that would not protect at all!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKbYaOiz5U4&si=ElUomVmD-v9osmB4
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It's the European Mobility Week. Show your bike commuting! (Not EU welcome too 🙂)
(urbanists.social)
Carabinieri are a police force that is under military hierarchy, but they are trained to operate in a civil context. They act and are equipped as a police force.
But the army mentioned in the news would be the one used to fight wars, with uniform and automatic weapons, not Carabienieri
Ok, I got your point
What I wanted to say, on the other hand, is that for one guy with an axe that ends up in the news, you have 100 guys that may act aggressively and/or violently. And as it is today, doctors and medical personnel has to deal with those too. A soldier would be even less suitable in those cases...
Quite a lot:
- energy efficency: a phone with a screen on will depleate battery very fast. This thing claims 20 h battery lide while actually using it
- readability in full sunlight: most phones are not readable in full sunlight and consume a lot in this situation
- impermeability: while many phones nowadays can withstand some water, this thing is designed to be used under the rain
Is it worth it? I guess it depends on the use you make of you bike...
A soldier is trained to deal with enemies with at least an automatic rifle.
Policemen are instead trained to deal with crazies with axes, knives, rods... etc. and possibly neutrilize them without killing them. They should be able to try a negotiation even. What can a soldier with an automatic rifle already in his hand do? Shoot.
It's easy:
- war, peace keeping -> army
- public order, criminals -> police
Using army for public order, why? Soldiers are trained to fight, not ti deal with problematic, probably unarmed people.
Just use the police. There used to be police posts at ERs, they were cut. We don't need a new solution...
They grew after BMW bought the company, so most of that growth was after that, specifically 3rd Gen.
The point of the post is not much that cars grew, they have always been doing so.
The main point is that the growth in dimension happen, but manufacturers don't want to highlight it, and in the ad the old and the new Minis look like they are roughly the same size.
This internet ad states "on a 65 year journey, together. It's time to celebrate" and the added line states "with a deceive"
The same ad below shows the real proportion of the 2 cars
crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113117293560455785
Biking in this petiod can be a pain for people with pollen allergy.
Do you gave any tip to share? Do you wear a mask? What kind? Anything to protect your eyes?
Thsnk you
(Picture source: Brainwashed https://www.flickr.com/people/39453974@N04 )
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Milan has 51 cars for 100 inhabitants, which is the double of other big cities in Europe, like Madrid (291,3) o Paris (225,2). One of the consequences is that traffic is terrible, and Milan is, for example, one of the worst cities on TomTom traffic index
Another big consequence is that motorists will park cars everywhere, because the number of legal on-street parking spots much lower than needed (the number of on-street parking spots is already much higher than other similar European cities) . If you have ever been in Milan, you would know that you can find cars parked on the sidewalks, on the bike lanes, between the trees at the side of the road, on zebra crossings, at the corners of intersections, at the bus stops, double parked (take a look at the pictures in this article to get an idea). This is a big issue, because people with reduced mobility, parents with strollers, people with sight issues are strongly impaired by this situation. Moreover an average of 5 times every day, public transit (trams and buses) gets stuck because of some really badly parked car, causing delays for tens or hundreds of people.
The administration is not willing to help and tolerates the status without doing much except the worst situations. They fear that this will impact their popularity, and may lose next elections. It is a well known fact that getting a ticket for illegal parking is so rare, that it costs less than a legal payed parking spot!
People was so fed up with the situation that and association called "Sai che puoi?" was able to organize an event to count and map illegally parked cars during the night of May 16th. It took a long time and effort, with some tests on a few blocks performed in the past. They also did a great social campaign with posts and videos like this one , and developed a web app on purpose.
The results were astonishing: 2000 people took part, and were able to walk all the 1700 km of the 3780 streets in the city and count illegally parked cars, divided by parking location (on the street, on the sidewalks, between the trees)
Results:
- 64000 illegally parked cars (during the day the situation gets even worse, with people coming from outside the city!)
- 37000 on the street
- 15000 on the sidewalks
- 11000 on the grass or between the trees
This means that the city administration could get 5.3 million euros of tickets in one night, which means the equivalent of 134000 public transit month tickets.
The final aim is to force the administration to act and do something. The idea is that neglecting the issue with such numbers should be more difficult.
I think this is a great story, and I never heard of something like this from anywhere else. I want to say thank you to the organizers and I would love to get this event known outside Italy
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I guess that the same number of cells also dies in the same period!