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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Fresh from the CCB list (thanx, Cynthia!) :
Simple Cycling Solutions
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30500 - an interesting angle on planning and including bicycles. Actually... a vehicular cyclist's worst nightmare in many ways... "In Europe, where they do things better, cycles have their own lanes on the sidewalks (not in the streets -- duh)..." and "...one of the greatest impediments to practical cycling centers not on roads but on threads. The ride from my apartment to the bus that would take me to work is a half-mile downhill. In a business suit, it might as well be 1,000 miles of open ocean."
Blithe indefensible utterings that perpetuate dangerous myths...
Simple Cycling Solutions
http://www.planetizen.com/node/30500 - an interesting angle on planning and including bicycles. Actually... a vehicular cyclist's worst nightmare in many ways... "In Europe, where they do things better, cycles have their own lanes on the sidewalks (not in the streets -- duh)..." and "...one of the greatest impediments to practical cycling centers not on roads but on threads. The ride from my apartment to the bus that would take me to work is a half-mile downhill. In a business suit, it might as well be 1,000 miles of open ocean."
Blithe indefensible utterings that perpetuate dangerous myths...
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Trust me, this guy will never ride a bike anywhere but a multi-use trail or a sidewalk. He's not a cyclist. He's a guy-on-a-bike.
I read somewhere of another would-be commuter who lamented that his workplace didn't have showers and he'd need one after riding those 2 miles to work. Maybe he lives somewhere mountainous, like Tibet.
I read somewhere of another would-be commuter who lamented that his workplace didn't have showers and he'd need one after riding those 2 miles to work. Maybe he lives somewhere mountainous, like Tibet.
Wow, what a weenie. His cycling is "complicated by ... crumpled pavement, oblivious drivers, cramped roadways, ridicule, and perspiration."
So if I ridicule his fear of traffic and *gasp* perspiration, will that incite Josh Stephens to ride his bike on that horrible half mile downhill?
So if I ridicule his fear of traffic and *gasp* perspiration, will that incite Josh Stephens to ride his bike on that horrible half mile downhill?
Welp, what worries me is that this guy is contributing this to a planner's site. It's so out there and ludicrous... but is this a guy who will be influencing people's decisions? I *think* he knew some of the ideas were truly bizarre... but some of them weren't. So I'm hoping that he was forced to write this as a public service and really didn't think about it at all.
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