Stay with the bike share / rental if you’re not ready to buy a bike.

I relied exclusively on a bike share for seven years and only got a bike recently because the government withdrew a subsidy and the service has declined.

But the concept of just renting the bike as needed and not having to worry much about availability or maintenance and storage, is a really big component of why I used them for so long.

I still use them with some regularity, but not as my main bike like before

Not with my body lol. Also palma is only a little flat

Way too hot. I’d arrive fully soaked in sweat anywhere I go

I’m happy it’s working so well there. Here in Berlin the bike share operated by the same excellent company list the city subsidy, and the service clearly started declining immediately.

I’ll be honest, the weather in palma wouldn’t allow me to bike for at least six months out of the year, but when I saw them in action it made me happy the service is successful.

This paired with free public transit for residents is really the way to do it!

Counter point (published before): https://aftermath.site/cyberpunk-urban-design

The argument is that they took all the not fun parts of driving (namely parking and retrieving your car) to make driving fun.

The comments on the video are butchering it, particularly since it’s a game. Which makes sense, since the car element feels more like a style and gameplay choice that they managed, while still building what seems like a walkable city.

I mean, I didn’t even like the driving in cyberpunk, but getting the cars was fun and I loved my little quadra.

I’d love to live in a neighborhood that has “ass” in it’s name

Oh thank you for the reminder that I need to watch this

“Excuse me waiter, from which minority do you source these meats?”

Even though they don’t come without challenges, I think they have the chance to increase the access to mobility for a lot of people that could otherwise be limited.

The same for scooters, as much as I dislike them and refuse to try them, they do provide mobility for a lot of use cases where a human powered bike is not the ideal solution

Can’t wait for these useless assholes to be voted out next year

Thank you! Omg as someone from a different part of the third world… Been there, done that

Doesn’t load unless you have an app or account 😭

That’s not necessarily the case, a lot of repairs are done intercepting the issue from the sides and digging underneath. You see this method constantly. If every repair needed full access from above, any repair would be prohibitive

To add on to what others said. Also having universal healthcare could be a result of a former more left wing government that implemented it and could have proven very popular, thus not worth removing by future more right wing governments.

This looks like way too much fun, we’re dull here

I have a bunch of stations saved for that reason, but yeah, it’s not the same.

Still a great alternative!

But maybe the people who were working in big studio movies would shift to independent film making with lower budgets and more diversity.

Obviously it’s also not a good solution, but do we need the big studios to make yet another avengers or minions?

Not necessarily. There’s scores of people working for these companies that do content moderation, customer support and other jobs in this realm that are not quite as sought after and can’t easily switch jobs.

Oooo good callback to the time they put rootkits in their music CDs!

I had forgotten. The CEO should change their quote to “might invite piracy”

But what about braking?

I do support the train horn idea though, I’ve always wanted one for my bike