Well, of course it *isn't* just Bike to Work Day, though in Ithaca it is for most of us.
At the same time, some people, having taken one step, begin a longer journey. Providing them with a pretext for that step seems worth a try. Addiction is tough to kick, I know from experience. Andrejs George Frantz wrote: > Noble idea, but why just Bike to Work Day? > > Why not Bike to Work Week? > > Why not Bike to Work Month? > > Why not just everybody just regularly commuting to work by bike? > > Oh, that's right. Rather than living in compact, walkable, bikable and > transit-friendly communities most Americans, including about 80 percent of > Tompkins County's (non-student) workforce, choose to live in a place where > any form of journey to work transportation other than the single-occupancy > automobile is just plain inconvenient. > > Another one of those Inconvenient Truths that neither Al Gore nor anybody > else seems willing to confront. > > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
