I’m straight up telling you that anyone unable to walk to a store is not going to be able to make do with bikes and scooters.
Yeah that’s bullshit.
Sure, there may be some people for which that is true, but anyone unable to walk to a store can’t go by bike? I know for certain that’s not true: one of my mates ex-GF had issues walking, certainly couldn’t walk to the store. She had no problem cycling though. She used a 3-wheeled e-bike. Cycling is much easier than walking, you spend way less energy, especially with electric assistance, and there’s trikes for those who have balance issues.
Go watch any busy street anywhere in the Netherland and count how many elderly people you see on bikes. You’ll be amazed.
that’s going to be a horrible time any foul weather days.
Like any Dutch mom would say to their kids complaining about having to cycle in the rain: you aren’t made of sugar, are you?
The way to fix that that’s the most kind is to subsidize shopping delivery the way you’d set up parcel post.
You don’t have online grocery shopping with free next-day delivery there? Hell, we have 10-minute delivery on groceries if you’re willing to pay a bit extra. (Delivery is done by bike, of course).
Or set up shared transport that ferries the disabled directly to and from places in a realistic, bearable time frame. You could maybe hybridize that.
That also exists, at least in my country. It’s run by volunteers and you only pay a small fee (mainly to cover fuel costs).
Yeah that’s bullshit.
Sure, there may be some people for which that is true, but anyone unable to walk to a store can’t go by bike? I know for certain that’s not true: one of my mates ex-GF had issues walking, certainly couldn’t walk to the store. She had no problem cycling though. She used a 3-wheeled e-bike. Cycling is much easier than walking, you spend way less energy, especially with electric assistance, and there’s trikes for those who have balance issues.
Go watch any busy street anywhere in the Netherland and count how many elderly people you see on bikes. You’ll be amazed.
Like any Dutch mom would say to their kids complaining about having to cycle in the rain: you aren’t made of sugar, are you?
You don’t have online grocery shopping with free next-day delivery there? Hell, we have 10-minute delivery on groceries if you’re willing to pay a bit extra. (Delivery is done by bike, of course).
That also exists, at least in my country. It’s run by volunteers and you only pay a small fee (mainly to cover fuel costs).