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RE: 'Pedaling' an Agenda: How all bike lanes lead to Agenda 2030
or would it simply CHANGE the Dynamics of the Economy. NO MORE AMAZON in control of everything. MORE independent owned business & stores in walking distance in your neighborhood. AND more YOUNG people employed as BIKE couriers? Plus people spend LESS money ob BS they do not need, made by slaves in CHINA & sold By Giant Conglomerates. BUT MORE$$$ into the LOCAL ECONOMY & Local On The Ground Businesses. Plus the ADDED BENEFIT that MORE PEOPLE FORCED to OPEN UP INDEPENDENT small businesses = more people FORCED to USE their Brain Again. Thereby having the DOMINO EFFECT of People around them USING THEIR BRAINS AGAIN & we not all being STUPID ZOMBIFIED Dumb Ass Slaves?
I was a bike courier once. Later I owned a bike shop.
Now I own an online retail business.
In NZ in the 80's we had carless days. Each car had a sticker for the day it wasn't aloud to be used. It was a fucking disaster and nearly caused a revolution. People who could afford to had two cars.
Back then cars were expensive in NZ - now they are dirt cheap (cheaper than bicycles) because we have free open import of the used Japanese car fleet (we are right hand drive like Japan).
Because I have passed out on a couple of occasions I'm not aloud to drive, and thankfully we have a very good courier system and live across the road from the shops - we also live across the road from one of the nicest bike lanes in NZ - I walk on it most days - and guess what - virtually nobody rides bikes on it because cycling has all but disappeared- owning a bike shop now would suck - they have to be vegan cafes with electric bikes
No I didn't paint the graffiti :)
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