Interesting factoid

dave said:

You can leave prints on almost anything. Even the inside of a leather
glove.

Put the potatoe in with a rubber mallet.

You'd get a toe print on it ....

"potato"

TimC said:

According to the draft Melbourne transport strategy, page 38:
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/MelbourneTransportStrategy/MelbournesTransportTask.pdf,
cycling trips represent 1.5% of the number of trips made in the city,
yet 2.5% of the distance.

Recall that the average distance travelled by car in Australia is
about 2km, that means the average distance travelled by bike is ~5km
(that's to be expected -- you walk if you need to make a smaller
trip).

That means there are two populations of Melbournians. Lazy fat
[censored] who even drive 200m down the road (hence lowering the average
trip length down to 2km), and the rest of us who cycle everywhere,
except if the distance is so short that you can afford to walk.

My workplace (one of the IT jobs, not the bike shop or the coaching!)
today has 6 bikes parked inside. There's about 10 people working
here. 60% ... not bad!

Duncan said:

Errmmmm.. I think they may have included pedestrian trips in those
stats.. which pretty much explains the cycling results.

More concerning is the accident stats on pp39, cyclists account for 9%
of casualties in the Melb CBD.

I don't think that's particularly concerning. I see a hell of a lot more cyclists than motorcyclists in the city and the motorcyclists account for 11% of road casualties.

Granted there are a lot more pedestrians than cyclists but even so, 27% of casualties being pedestrians is still pretty bad.

Bleve said:

dave said:

You can leave prints on almost anything. Even the inside of a leather
glove.

Put the potatoe in with a rubber mallet.

You'd get a toe print on it ....

"potato"

Ohhh my god

That is soooooo bad