Comments on: Spokes models

By: DFW Point-to-Point

DFW Point-to-Point — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:32:14 +0000

Propaganda – or Not?…

I did a little more checking, and this claims it came from Scientific American, though I could find no mention of it there. It also cites “Bike Pittsburgh” as a source, here. It doesn’t really seem to have very high fidelity data, though it does cla…

By: Lisa Paul

Lisa Paul — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:58:28 +0000

I notice San Francisco is right up there near the top. I think because we do NOT have risk-averse female bikers. In fact, if you see a female bike messenger headed your way, you move over. Even if you are in an Urban Assault Vehicle. You don’t have a chance. These gals carry chains. And they use them.

By: canadienne

canadienne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:00:55 +0000

I’d love a city with bike paths separated from both pedestrians and cars – some German cities, like Hannover, do a great job of this. North American cities seem to be more fixated on cars. Walking actually feels safer than biking, as bikes do not belong in traffic. Some cyclists are idiots, so they don’t belong on pedestrian paths either. (I bike like I drive, like a little old lady.)

I admit to environmental concerns, and health concerns (both of which seem to be scorned by some of your commenters), but I think the reason I like to get outside is reflected in Isaac Asimov’s old short story “It’s Such a Beautiful Day”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Such_a_Beautiful_Day

I think it is ridiculous that children not be allowed to bike to school!

By: Tam

Tam — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:05 +0000

As a longtime Atlanta resident and current denizen of Indy, I’m shocked to see the former rank higher than the latter; it must be the weather.

I’d rather bike from Broad Ripple to downtown than from Virginia-Highlands to downtown any day of the week.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:40:21 +0000

Peachtree City, GA is laced with off-street paths of that variety, whih they cleverly designated as cart paths rather than bike paths. Of course, this ha led to the bicyclists having to share the paths with people driving carts, so there is a downside…

But these paths go pretty much everywhere; it’s unusual to drive through a parking lot of any size anywhere in town and not see a golf “car” parked in a space alongside the more conventional motor vehicles.

Actual bikes are much rarer.