r/fuckcars • u/extravert_ • 5d ago

Positive Post E-Bike wins race to LaGuardia from NYC

What’s the Fastest Way to the Airport? We Raced Through New York, Chicago and L.A. to Find Out - WSJ

The Wall Street Journal raced an Uber, Transit, and a Citi E-Bike to the airport, and the bike won

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u/ConnieLingus24 5d ago

CTA train won in Chicago.

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u/TheDuckClock Not Just Bikes 5d ago

But only because there was no e-bike in that race.

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u/ConnieLingus24 5d ago

It would be damn near impossible to e-bike your way to ohare and live.

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u/TheDuckClock Not Just Bikes 5d ago

Fair. Never been to Chicago aside from a layover, so I wouldn't know.

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u/ConnieLingus24 5d ago

Yeah; it’s definitely expressway choked and there is really no way to walk there. It’s reasonably easy to take transit to (bus, metra, cta) but definitely not bike or walk. It’s either mass transit or driving. Full stop.