I’m coming up on about 6 months of car-free life in Seattle. It’s certainly been challenging at times, and it’s only possible at all because I work from home, but I’m making it work. I’m curious if anyone else is trying to do the same thing. There are a ton of anti-car communities online, but very few people seem to actually go car-free as, like, an ideological thing

  • phazer32@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Not anymore, I was for a couple years in Denver but that was over 10 years ago. Live in the burbs now but have a Brompton folding bike that I use for short trips to the grocery store and sometimes commuting to work. It’s so practical it’s amazing to take it into stores, use it as a shopping cart, and never have to leave it locked up. Just got back from the Netherlands and wow what a fairy tale society they have infrastructure-wise. The more I learn, travel, and see how some places in Europe are doing things the angrier I get with most of North America’s mentality/legislation.

    • OOFshoot@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Can I get a link to this bike? I wanna see what’s up with a bike that can double as a shopping cart.

      • phazer32@beehaw.orgEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        Sure, Brompton is the brand. There’s lots of videos and stuff out there. This is the company website: https://www.brompton.com/

        Not my pic, but this is how they look in “shopping cart mode”: https://i.redd.it/0ijx1ewfxip21.jpg

        The bikes have a special mounting bracket for the bag, and it’s designed so the bag can just stay on the whole time, even when the bike unfolds again.