This Dad Bikes His Kids To School Every Day (Ride-Along Video)
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- We're riding along with Jamieson Roberts to day in London, Ontario, Canada! First up, doing the daily school drop off of kids via cargo e-bike (a Tern GSD). Then going around London's core and talking about infrastructure and a few other notable things.
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Today's guest: Jamieson Roberts
Host: @BenDurham
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This is the kind of stuff that inspired me to bike commute all year long in the U.S Midwest. More people need to watch these videos. I had two cars, an SUV, and two motorcycles. After finding one of your winter biking videos a few years ago, I was determined to bike all year. After two years of driving only 8 times, I sold all but my EV. I now have two e-bikes, a bike trailer, and three "analog" bikes. I also am healthier, happier, and have a lot more money!
Oh my goodness this is SUCH an amazing “testimonial”, if you can call it that haha.
It's often difficult to continue putting this stuff out, but stories like these encourage the heck outta me and keep me going! Thanks for sharing ♥ :)
I just stumbled across this video + your video with the school principal. I love the idea - interviewing other people who aren't traditional cyclists who have fallen in love with this lifestyle upgrade.
Glad you stumbled over here! 😜
Yep, non-traditional cyclists are SUPER important when it comes to a healthy bicycling culture in cities! You might be interested in the Wheels & Beyond podcast episodes with each of these ride-along folks!
this is my favourite channel. I’m still a student here (no car) and thus I am constantly confronted with a lack of pedestrian infrastructure, which frequently affects my safety. I’m glad somebody is speaking out about the way our city is designed.
If you follow wharncliffe to lambeth you will find a long stretch of five lane roads with no sidewalk or bike lane.
This road is one of two main roads through lambeth.
Wonderland road is great, then it immediately drops off into a death trap. Are we going to have to wait for somebody to get injured or killed for these sidewalks???
Want to do a ride-along & podcast with me to share your story? :)
Hey Ben ive been loving these ride alongs
hope you make more :)
More to come for sure! At least another 6 have been filmed haha
Great to see something focusing on normal people who ride doing normal things. I understand better why these updates to planning are helpful. Putting one of the bike crossings would solve part of the problem highlighted in the previous video with crossing the busy street.
Thank you for showing Riverside where I work at Kiwanis form the other side. Now it sort of makes some sense. Just not so much when approaching northbound on Ridout.
fantastic job guys :)
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People really don't understand just how slow their cars actually are in traffic. I live in Miami now (From Canada originally, but took up cycling in the UK), and I volunteered in a timed mode of transport event. There were 2 cyclists (myself on a normal bike and the other guy on an early E-Bike), a public transit rider, and a car driver. We started out at exactly the same place, and even all waited until the bus showed up so we all started at the same time. The route was only 10 miles, from a Starbucks to the Uni. I don't recall my time on the bike, but I do know that we were 15 minutes faster than the public transit (which included an elevated subway type train for over half the distance). The driver? 20 min behind them. So we beat the car by 35 min. No, I wasn't going as hard as I could, but I was putting in an effort, so was a little sweaty. The ebiker though? Perfectly fine, just normal Miami sweat for being outside. That was an early E-bike type as well, so they have gotten cheaper and easier to use as well.
I also had to show a driver that was stating that bikes take up the road and slow drivers down all the time. He was a friend, and it was an ongoing conversation. He did live on my route home from the school, that I would ride to with my 7 year old son. So, to resolve this, after dropping off the kids, I had him stay behind me, no passing at all for the 1 mile to his house, and time it. Then the next day do the same thing, but pass me if safe to do so. He was able to (but only once), which showed I don't actually block the whole lane, but more importantly, the difference in time? Less than 30 seconds. So, staying behind me for that mile, only cost him 30 seconds. granted the speed limit is 30mph, and at the time (without my son along) I could hold 20. But the speed he could actually go due to the traffic? Less than 15 avg, due to the stops and starts.
you can show drivers all this info. You can have them ACTUALLY take part in these types of events, and they still wont understand and hate bikes for going "slower" than them.
I pop into the shops every few days... Not for much stuff but many short shops is super easy with an ebike that has a trunk.
Right? Bikes are perfect for sooo many little trips!
the route in london was pretty good with lots of protected bike infrastructures. not bad for fake london. on the satey front, there have too many accidents lately. would ben spend some time discussing satety on the road please. we can't always rely on infrastructure to protect us.
First and foremost, cyclists need to take responsibility for their own safety. Wear high visibility reflective clothing and helmet, good quality lighting front and back, don't cross against traffic, and keep your head on a swivel.
@@1966johnnywayne , excellent tips. more people need to hear about it.
@@1966johnnywayne "First and foremost, I want to blame cyclists"...
No, it really isn't...
I can chat about that more in the future, yep! But it'll be a month or two because the next month is already booked up and suuuper busy 🥵😅
Dude you need to edit those blurry parts.. sheesh that hurt my eyes
Noted haha! I'll do that next time.
The left turn at 1:45 is very problematic. It is exposing the rider and the two kids needlessly to a potential head on collision in a busy intersection. The best way across is to never make a left turn. Ride on the right side and then cross at the cross walk and then cross across the street along the second cross walk (where there is actually a bike lane). In most areas in Canada, cyclists may ride along pedestrians in a street crossing, observing the cross walk signals. Even where it is technically not allowed, putting your foot down and rolling along will not get you a ticket, because it is not dangerous to the pedestrians. Most importantly, many parts of suburban Ontario have hideous amounts of car traffic from parents driving their kids to school. The school should strongly discourage it if bus service is available. In Portland, they actually have a "bike brigade" where children ride together getting picked up along a route that goes by their house.
Great video about my City. I E-Scooter in this city and it’s kinda risky riding on the road and use the side walk when there’s too much traffic since I don’t feel safe and angry pedestrians don’t wanna move out of the way and say you should be riding on the road. I switch between the road and sidewalks and bicycle gutters if there’s too many pedestrians on a sidewalk I use the bicycle gutters if there is one for me to ride on. But luckily at night when traffic density is much lower it’s easier to ride the roads. I just became a Uber Eats delivery driver with my E-Scooter since I wanted a second job besides my CZcams channel which is a gaming channel and just wanted to diversify my income by doing delivering food and even try and share on CZcams how much I could make by doing Uber Eats and posting vlogs.
Visibility not a concern? Major oversight for safety … Especially with children?? Why no bright colors and strobing lights front / rear??
Amazed how overlooked this is … 😢
But like, drivers have eyeballs. If this isn't safe, drivers need their speed restricted and lowered even more.
@@BenDurham don’t want to bet my life on drivers eyeballs. Bikes are hard to see they ride slower than traffic and bike lanes just suck most places.
@@BenDurham my assumption is every car is going to hit me and I plan accordingly
Oh, "fake London" from NJB.
Yepper! Fake London's getting better, though, so yay!
@@BenDurham honestly, yeah, it is not as bad as NJB describes it at least in summer. It would be interesting similar video, but in winter.
Will do, for sure!
The problem with bikes for most people is they could do 70-90% of their trips on bicycle, but then they need a car usually for the rest. You can do the trips tou could do by bicycle, but you cant really do those car trips with a bike. So for most people a bike is a secondary transportation option ... If they have enough for a car and a bike fine... But who can afford a car and a great bike too?
Bikes cost almost nothing compared with a car, basically everyone who can afford a car, can afford both. Yeah, maybe you're not buying the fanciest cargo bike, but that isn't needed either. And that's not even counting the number of people who a bike can replace a second car...
So we actually covered this in the next podcast. Being able to go down to one car per family is a massive cost savings. But even if you were an individual who occasionally needed a car, that's where Taxis/Ubers come in for the remaining 20-30% of your car needs.
And if you think it's too much to spend maybe $1,000 a year on taxis, that's nothing compared to obtaining, owning, and maintaining a personal vehicle.
That depends on where you live, cycle infrastructure and good public transport. I need a car 1% of the time. For that I have taxis, public transport and there's even the option of car share/rental/club in my neighbourhood. For everyday stuff the bike works.
What about car share like Zipcar and a great bike? If you're only using a car rarely, you probably are financially better off not owning
Interesting, I'm in Australia it's very car dependent to get around, which really adds to the cost of living. So, both my neighbours have 4 cars... one per person in the family as the kids are still at home and one is share housing. Side issue no one uses their 2 car garage for parking now as they have home gyms in there but then complain about lack of street parking??
We have 2 cars but I've switched out riding to the daycare and train by bicycle or the grocery store. It's actually faster by bicycle - I timed it. We really could lose the second car which is just to park at the train station 2 km's away and save a lot of money.
But I wish I had infrastructure like this in the video. It can be stressful riding especially as cars are getting huge (& the govt subsidises people to buy bigger cars but nothing to buy a bicycle??). My kids would also love to ride to school - having networks connected to schools would do so much for congestion.
adults need to wear a helmet also i am 67 years old bike 50 kilometers daily i also live in london ontario i dont own a car not needed in london have a great day
They don’t need a helmet. What makes you think that?
@@miles5600 'Must' is a legal requirement, 'need' is an opinion ...and a good one.
@@1966johnnywayne so it’s not needed, just needed according to his or hers opinion. Why is the opinion good according to you? Dutch people certainly don’t wear one so why should we? I’m not wearing a helmet in my car either nor when going for a walk.
@@miles5600 Unlike here in Canada, Dutch people live in a 365 days a year cycling culture, and consequently drivers and pedestrians are 100% acclimated to the presence of cyclists at all times. In addition to cyclist awareness, Dutch cyclists have one of the best 'protected cycling networks' in the world affording them a little more of a relaxed approach to riding than most cities here in Canada.
But hey, it's your melon ...you do you.
@1966johnnywayne, you're more likely to suffer a head injury driving your car. But hey, it's your noggin', so you do you.
a helmet is required on ebike it is the law
Drivers break laws every single time they drive. The difference? They can kill others.
Jamieson would only ever hurt himself, if ever.
Because there are also other studies that show that not wearing a helmet can be lead to drivers (the real danger to people on bicycles) driving safer around vulnerable road users (ie. people on bikes and pedestrians)
@@BenDurham ok my friend try to follow the law it is in your best interest
We do, yep!
@@BenDurhamCranial injuries are severe even in simple falls … brain doesn’t heal well , can be months, years or permanent.
Disappointing you’re trying to justify this bad behavior in your comment.
Seatbelt laws, helmet laws are good for society - we all pay for others getting injured - they are not a victimless injuries.
Nope too dangerous
What's to dangerous?
@@BenDurham I think they meant taking their kids to school on a bike, which is understandable in many places.
This is so cool! I'm really impressed by your filming, I've been trying to film rolling interviews in Chicago for a project (@chiwhobike) and it's really challenging even with just a GoPro, much less a real camera
Maybe once I get a few more kinks worked out, I'll do a video of how I do it!
But the hardest thing will be getting someone ELSE to film me filming the how-to video 🤣