The issue with these initiatives is that they alot of them are not set in stone. I am afraid here in NYC all the progress we have made can be unraveled in a few years by some short sighted politicians who want to take us back to the Robert Moses years. We already have Bill Deblasio stating that Bloomberg has over stepped his boundaries and that cyclists rights and safety should take a back seat to the flow of "commerce" (see SUVs with one person in them idling in the bike lane). I guess I can only follow the wise words of "vote once but often".
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a working father of 3, commuting by bike year-round in fair-weather > Minneapolis (almost no snow last year!). I agree that Portland has more > "bike culture", but we have them beat with infrastructure (we have more > trails, they have more bike boulevards). > > > > On Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:58:34 AM UTC-5, z-man wrote: > >> Portland is the obvious leader in terms of infrastructure, and adoption >> of the cycling culture, in terms of alternative transportation. >> >> That said, it's economy is so-so, compared with Minneapolis or D.C. >> These will have to be the places where this total integration is showcased >> for people to sit up and take notice. Minneapolis more so, because D.C. >> will always have the stigma of having easy gov't money thrown at it. >> >> A fair(er) weather Minneapolis would be ideal. When a working father of >> 3, for example, decides to start commuting down to the plant or job-site, >> by bike instead of the F-150, whenever weather permits, we'll be onto >> something. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:57 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> And in the US and in London. >> >> http://www.economist.com/node/**21562252<http://www.economist.com/node/21562252> >> >> http://www.economist.com/**blogs/blighty/2012/08/cycling-**london<http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2012/08/cycling-london> >> >> http://www.economist.com/node/**21556970<http://www.economist.com/node/21556970> >> >> >> >> -- >> "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." >> -- Claude Cockburn >> >> ------------------------- >> Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA >> For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW >> http://resumespecialties.com/**index.html<http://resumespecialties.com/index.html> >> ------------------------- >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bun...@** >> googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en> >> . >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/XBt64m0B6PcJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
