One of the things that warms my heart is to see all the comments condemning the idiot that was quoted as menacing bicyclists. Instead of "Yeah, those bicyclists should get off the road. They don't pay for the roads. etc." people were very critical of people who don't share the road and cities that don't provide adequate infrastructure to keep bicyclists safe.
Of course, it is NPR. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 5:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > NPR has a nice story about 'bike trains' in Los Angeles: > http://www.npr.org/2013/12/01/248063342/shifting-gears- > commuting-aboard-the-l-a-bike-trains > > But of course you can't have a story about bikes unless its "balanced" by > some sociopath: > "I've actually done one of those drive-really-close-to-them kind of > things to kind of scare them, to try to intimidate them to get out of my > way." > > You probably won't be at all surprised to learn that Jackie Burke was not > promptly arrested for assault. Instead, the article continues, > > "With road conditions like those...." > > Irresponsible, hostile drivers are just "road conditions". > > -- > darin burleigh > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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