货运自行车革命袭击了纽约市

小克拉伦斯·埃克森（Clarence Eckerson）的“ StreetFilms”常客在TreeHugger多年，通常关于纽约市街头自行车生活的简短故事。他的最新作品几乎是13分钟的长度，这一切都与货物自行车蓬勃发展有关。他指出，“过去很少见，但是过去五年的存在无疑是在上升，自2020年Covid-19击中以来，人们一直在戏剧化。”

我发现这么令人惊讶的是，这些自行车是载着孩子，而不是货物。其中很多，到处都是。这是我经常骑自行车的城市，而且我不确定我会和一个货物自行车的孩子感到满意。我们已经说过电子自行车革命需要三件事：良好的负担得起的自行车，安全的骑行场所和安全的停车场所。您真的在视频中没有看到任何这些。

在七分钟时，您可以看到所有的自行车道都装满了送货车和警车。真的，只有完全保护的自行车道真的存在。但是埃克森告诉TreeHugger人们管理。

"Actually we purposely travel on slower streets, ones with nice bike lanes or our NEW 1st ever bike blvd!! So for most of our trips I’d say no, though there are occasional times you get angry. I think most parents go slower with kids, take few risks and find safer (even if longer routes) i mean I can’t recall in 10+ years hearing about some seriously being injured or killed on a cargo bike with a kid."

埃克森（Eckerson）指出了一个较早的视频，该视频显示了一些出色的新自行车基础设施，任何人都会感到安全地骑行 - 因此，事情显然正在抬头。

然后是停车的问题：很难在楼上携带货物自行车。视频显示了一个Oonee储物棚（看到也在树上）但是它们不足以容纳货物自行车，而且没有很多。埃克森告诉TreeHugger：

"Right now I’m sure the structures they’ve done wouldn’t fit a cargo bike but they are expanding fast and getting good contracts to build many more structures in buildings according to their tweets. I know they have numerous types of structures—some bigger and some smaller—they already have schematics for and they are supposedly building new bike parking in large apt complexes being planned or under construction. So i think the Oonee reference is in general to say we need more bike parking and more types for all bikes."

然后，当然有冬天。他们还在那里吗？

"Winter: I find most of these folks are pretty hardcore though I’ll say yesterday in 15 windchill (lowest temp I have ever ridden) I had to ride my bike 10 miles for a service to repair brakes and there were noticeably fewer people biking in NYC. I think 35-40 degrees no longer limits folks but once you go below that (we’ve had some awfully cold days here) it kind of is a factor."

埃克森（Eckerson）的所有视频都令人印象深刻，但是这部史诗的真正明星是一家人骑着货物自行车。当有足够多的人骑自行车，电子自行车和货物自行车时，政客，规划师和警察必须开始认真对待他们时，这种变化就是这样。一位评论者指出：“纽约再次成为新阿姆斯特丹。”这有很长的路要走，但这是一个开始。