We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
Yeah anything within a mile or two is actually quicker for me to get to on my escooter than driving. Was in a rush to pick up eggs from a local grocery store a mile down the road after realizing we forgot to buy them for a recipie. Normally I’d scooter but I hopped into he the car to “save time”.
Between the traffic, needing to do two u turns round trip thanks to medians, and needing to find parking, it ended up taking me 5 minutes longer to get there than if I just put the safety gear on and hopped on my scooter.
The other big advantage is you can just nimble your way around anything. Go through parking lots without needing to slowly inch around everywhere, go along a side walk a bit if the two way bike lane ends on your side of the road and there’s no way to quickly cross the street thanks to medians, ability to avoid intersections at times thanks to the above, etc. You’re never not moving except when you need to cross a busy street and your only option is that intersection.
I found out it’s actually quicker shopping by bike because I’m loading the bike in the store like a cart and when i walk out, I’m instantly off and riding. No walking to the end of a massive parking lot and loading the car.
Yeah anything within a mile or two is actually quicker for me to get to on my escooter than driving. Was in a rush to pick up eggs from a local grocery store a mile down the road after realizing we forgot to buy them for a recipie. Normally I’d scooter but I hopped into he the car to “save time”.
Between the traffic, needing to do two u turns round trip thanks to medians, and needing to find parking, it ended up taking me 5 minutes longer to get there than if I just put the safety gear on and hopped on my scooter.
The other big advantage is you can just nimble your way around anything. Go through parking lots without needing to slowly inch around everywhere, go along a side walk a bit if the two way bike lane ends on your side of the road and there’s no way to quickly cross the street thanks to medians, ability to avoid intersections at times thanks to the above, etc. You’re never not moving except when you need to cross a busy street and your only option is that intersection.
I found out it’s actually quicker shopping by bike because I’m loading the bike in the store like a cart and when i walk out, I’m instantly off and riding. No walking to the end of a massive parking lot and loading the car.
My grocery store won’t let me bring my ebike indoors :(