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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Bikes have been and are toys to many; it's time to increase their utility for everyday use.
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With their inherent lack of stability and (depending on country and source) approximately 15 - 25 times the fatality rate of cars, it ain't going to happen anytime soon.
It'll be a transport for some, as it already is today, but it won't become a transport for all / a majority.
By coincidence, yesterday a traffic study group pointed to serious reductions in traffic jams on a motorway when they substituted 10% of the vehicles with motorcycles.
With 25% MCs , the traffic jam was gone in their simulations - which is probably a tad optimistic as MCs start being held up and getting stuck between traffic when there are lots of them seeking their way in between the cars (been there, done that).