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.
>    
>   

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