[Closed] THE VEHICLE OF THE FUTURE HAS TWO WHEELS, HANDLEBARS, AND IS A BIKE

The vehicle of the future? That would be a complimentary system of transport that integrates and gets your around seamlessly!!

Dockless bikes, trams, trains etc are a step towards that, self driving cars or proper autonomous vehicles that are pooled will be a part of it too. Unless climate is going to change to a very predictable state bikes on their own will not be the one to rule all others 🙂

Wish I hadn’t read the comments.

Mikewsmith's has it. The idea of one solution is foolish. Much as now the use of a car for all journeys is foolish. Multi mode transport, changing modes is where it's at. Cars are not a problem using them for all journeys is. More options and easier methods of swapping modes of transportation is the answer.

I used to do that loads but don't head into town centre for much now, work is in a industrial estate. It does get harder with kids too. In small towns we do a lot of find free parking within 20 min and walk through!

The idea of one solution is foolish

I read it as for travel in and around cities. Otherwise yeah, how would heavy goods etc get transported?!

The comments are hilarious - has anyone worked out how much cycling costs healthcare? Dick.

There are loads of those yellow Ofo bikes around Cambridge, and I see all sorts of people riding them. I've used them a couple of times myself when I've had a need for a bike (puncture!) and they're OK to ride and very convenient.

If there were ebike versions stashed at the Park and Ride sites, I can imagine a lot of people using them, rather than taking the bus.

I laughed when they first arrived, but they're ok.

The future for all towns is more cars.  Some cities may see a small  increase in bicycle use, but will never be anything like Holland, and it never will be for a number of reasons.  The UK has been developing and growing a monolithic car-culture for many generations now.  Towns especially will continue to see less than one percent of people riding bikes for transport  over the next twenty years.  Relax, the bicycle is not going anywhere.

Which is just as well, going by the comments on The Wire piece.   Sounds  like neither the Environment or our health services could bear the strain of The Bicycle.

Interesting times.  Feels like 35 years ago.

Shared use, whether its bikes, self-drive cars has to be the way forward - unfortunately our western economic model that relies on lending people money to buy expensive 'stuff' runs counter to that - car companies want you to take out a loan to pay for a depreciating asset that sits unused for 80% of the time, and then take out another loan in 3 years, regardless of the environmental, congestion and health impacts

The other problem with shared is that in the modern self-absorbed / self entitled / self obsessed world, sharing anything is a bit of a counter culture, unless it involves sharing things that nobody's really interested in.

Wish I hadn’t read the comments.

The other problem with shared is that in the modern self-absorbed / self entitled / self obsessed world, sharing anything is a bit of a counter culture,

Conditioning and generational issues? Younger seem to be happier with the idea  - perhaps if they can't afford stuff sharing makes more sense. the £/mile bike thread was interesting but most people don't know what a car costs them.

The future for all towns is more cars.  Some cities may see a small  increase in bicycle use, but will never be anything like Holland

The Netherlands were once completely clogged with motorised traffic, up to the 70's - it took long-term political will to turn it around.

Good things are happening in cities all over the world - e.g. Oslo banning cars from the city centre entirely, Madrid has plans, as well as cities in Germany. UK is dragging, but little by little some cities are putting in the infrastructure.

It has to start with city centres - I think it's difficult to envisage for someone who lives in the countryside, surburbia or small town who "depend" on cars (to varying extents), but if you live in a permanently traffic-clogged city centre (as I do), you can see how much difference segregated cycle infrastructure makes, and how absurd it is to be sitting in traffic jams, when you can cross the city centre by bike in 20 minutes, some of that entirely segregated from cars.

Electric Cargo-bikes will also be a big feature in forward-thinking cities - that's how the last-mile deliveries happen.

This site seems to have lots of cars threads on the front page most times and we are cyclists,so whats the chance of people who have never even owned a bike cycling more.

This site seems to have lots of cars threads on the front page most times and we are cyclists,so whats the chance of people who have never even owned a bike cycling more.

There's often a big difference between a cycling "enthusiast" and an "everyday cyclist".

Some are both, and commuting by bike is brilliant training for sports-cyclists, but I look around the city and see plenty of people in normal clothes just getting from A to B on a bike. Some of those people own cars I guess, some don't.

Persuading an out of shape 60-something who has driven everywhere since the day they turned 17 is going to take some serious work, but a 20-something who lives in a city or big town and hasn't got round to passing their driving test yet, might see the benefits of spending £100 on a pub bike.

Personally my car (van) is used for leisure - family camping weekends, mtb trips to wales I walk to the shops mainly, cycle for everything else - driving around Bristol is just hopeless, and there's nowhere to park, so I avoid it except as a last resort. Sure i'd use it more if I lived in a remote village.

The comments are hilarious – has anyone worked out how much cycling costs healthcare? Dick.

Think of of all those knee replacements though 😱🤣