This morning (March 29, 2023) I watched this sort of tedious and longish educational video about traffic problems in the largest city in the Bahamas. Enjoyed it enough to think maybe you’ll find it interesting as well, if you have the time.
A few of my takeaways:
1.) I saw this exact same thing during my honeymoon five years ago in Jamaica, a similar Caribbean tropical island.
2.) Though motorcycles and scooters are never mentioned, I have always believed small to medium-sized motorcycles (up to about 500cc ICEs) could be a partial solution (along with bicycles, public transit, etc) to some of the things this video is about, which is why armored textile coveralls have always been the Aerostich’s most important product.
3.) I have spent most of the past forty years primarily commuting year-round via walking, bicycling, skating, and smallish motorcycles. One-way distances varied between three and six miles. Routes have varied as well, but for most of this period, I went three miles each way through the center of my small town, which allowed me to experience and observe traffic things a lot more closely than one can when using an automobile. This closer-view effect is significantly mentioned in the Bahamas video. Without further ado, and for whatever it’s worth, here’s the video link. Hope you’ll enjoy it:
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