I like the Transportation Alternatives flyer, since it's pro-bike and reasonable. Most of what we hear about bikes and traffic laws comes in the form of a lecture or a scolding, both of which are likely to get ignored.
The "Modest Proposal" makes general sense, but it should be noted that a lot of his descriptions of cycling culture apply to New York more than Madison. We're a lot less confrontational around here, perhaps because there are not so many of us per square foot. I think that people should recognize, perhaps, that bikers in Madison are a lot more careful and law-abiding than our stereotype would suggest -- certainly more than in a lot of cities. The City Room blog on the nytimes.com website had this to say about us: "In general, there is a certain lawlessness to the citys paths that would be shocking to riders from, say, Madison, Wis., who tend to display a Teutonic fidelity to hand signals." (The full posting is at: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/bless-the-cyclist-on-your-left/?scp=1&sq=blessing%20bicycles&st=Search. It describes the annual Blessing of the Bikes at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and goes on to discuss the ways in which bikes sin, and are sinned against. ) Ross, Arthur wrote: > Here is a link to an interesting article in the New York Times from > earlier this year. (A Modest Proposal, Bikers Take the High Road) > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/nyregion/thecity/08bike.html?pagewanted=1&tntemail1=y&_r=2&emc=tnt > > Here is a link to a somewhat related campaign of Transportation > Alternatives, New York City's bicycle advocacy group. (Biking Rules, A New > Street Code for NYC Cyclists) http://bikingrules.org/rules/streetcode > > I wold be interested in knowing what people thik of the both the article > and TA's campaign. > > > Arthur > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608/266-6225 > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
