Originally Posted by
noglider
It works for parents here in NYC. Traffic mostly moves slowly. Nowadays, a lot of cyclists are taking the lane, so to speak, and motor traffic waits behind until it can change lanes and pass.
Some parents in my neighborhood have old banana seats installed on their bikes, attached to the seatpost and the rear axle. They can hold kids as big as around 10 years old. The trip to school is rarely long, and then off to work. It's a fairly common sight. In fact, some people have things like the Yuba Mundo cargo bike, and some ride bakfietsen.
Yuba Mundo:
Bakfiets (meaning box bike, and the plural is bakfietsen):
So it's really not necessary to be nimble and quick on a bicycle commute... which is exactly what I thought. It's not necessary here either on a bicycle commute.