🚲 Biking is by far the cleanest and most affordable form of transport.
Executive Vice-President @TimmermansEU announced a European Declaration on Cycling coming this summer, inviting @europarl_en and @EUCouncil to sign up for it.
Read the full speech ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1633855060886126592
@EU_Commission @TimmermansEU @europarl_en @EUCouncil
Thanks for the heads-up, I just fitted the motor from my leaf blower to my bike and plan to use it for transport purposes extensively.
Two questions left - how to do air conditioning on the bicycle and how to you fit a 20ft container in place of the pannier bags.
@simoivanov nobody is forcing you (or anyone) to use the bike (or any other means of transport). On the other hand people using cars have infrastructure to use them, while people using bikes generally speaking don’t - all while car traffic is are the least efficient way to move people in and out of the city.
@ProfT The statement is misleading, as there is no context for either of the "cheapest" and "cleanest" claims. It is also obviously not true. But @EU_Commission and @TimmermansEU often spew bullshit, which needs to be pointed out.
@simoivanov @EU_Commission @TimmermansEU I don’t understand what is not true and misleading?
@simoivanov @EU_Commission @TimmermansEU it’s not really that simple- if you measure in energy per kilogram carried and kilometer traveled cycling is by far the most efficient. But weren’t you talking about air conditioning and transporting goods? In that context walking is not really a solution.
@ProfT @EU_Commission @TimmermansEU Cycling is neither the "cheapest", nor the "cleanest" transportation. Walking barefoot wins hands down.