Ah, many issues are alluded to in your observation below. How well
designed is the path? (I've been on some which are actually more dangerous
than the nearby road) How is its use promoted? Is cycling encouraged? Do
other users take advantage of it (walkers, etc.)?
And...might not it have so-called tourist value if you are in a so-called
scenic area?
The other thing to consider is that it might have come out of ISTEA funds
(national funds--not available for bus routes) and be built with the hope
that "if you build it, they will be more likely to come, i.e. bike."
However, given low gas prices and those god-awful new utility vehicles
just announced (15 mpg!!!), it will take another big gas hike, shortage to
nudge many Americans back (sigh, temporarily, I despairingly suspect) to
smaller cars, to go for healthy transport. (The average American can bike
5 miles w/out difficulty & could, conceivably, stop driving to the gym and
bike, instead to work.)
Arlene
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Maureen, how many of you have ever asked the cost of a mile of bike lanes?
> We travel a 50 mile stretch that has a path on both sides of the road. Seldom
> do we see even one rider in this distance. This money could be spent on a bus
> line for our area. Even at that, of the 100 people at a monthly meeting, one
> demands a bus service.
> pachy001
>
