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Text: Amazon's electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.

Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck

Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that's not a cargo bike man that's a loopholemobile

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[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Are these things going to be clogging up bike lanes

You must not be from the US. Bike lanes here are empty, mostly treated as extra shoulder for cars. I'm not concerned about this one bit.

making biking more dangerous for people that aren't working for Amazon

No, I feel confident that fewer motorized vehicles does not mean more danger for cyclists.

Are they going to have their "drivers" risking their lives on the roads with real cars? Are they going to be out there peddling hundreds of pounds of packages for 8 hour shifts in 90 degree weather?

Except for the peddaling that sounds suspiciously similar to current conditions. That needs to be addressed too, but I don't think vehicle type alone is sufficient.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

DC actually has a fair number of bikers around. It's not as many as it should, but I've biked into and around DC, and it's not bad. This will easily block an entire bike lane/trail/whatever though. This makes biking more difficult for everyone else, not less.