> Fun Walk to School activities:
If anybody is interested in having fun updating/customizing
the SRTS poster we gave out to local schools 2 years ago,
I can email the source file. A treasure trove of trivia factoids !
Charles Carmalt is currently Philadelphia's Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, working in the Mayor's Office of Transportation & Utilities. Our Planning Board hired him over a decade ago, and the resulting 83-page document, "Bicycle Circulation Plan for the Princeton Community" is now online. You can view it here: http://bit.ly/MIpUPC The key chapters to read are probably VIII (Bicycle Improvement Plan) and IX (Implementation Program), starting on Page 34 of the PDF. Carmalt's report is teeming with quality ideas and suggestions, a few of which actually have been implemented. Sadly, other ideas were either deemed unaffordable or for various reasons, haven't gotten any traction in the intervening years. The NYT op-ed piece by Randy Cohen generated several letters to the editor, plus there was a related story about the advocacy group "Transporation Alternatives" (TA) evolving from fringe to mainstream. For more info, TA's director Paul Steely White left his tire marks on YouTube. NYC's anti-bike viewpoint was prominently displayed in the grocery checkout line. |
They look swell, they add curb appeal, they are super-durable. What's not to like about granite "Belgian block" curbing ? One does need to be extra-careful with ones parallel parking, lest one join the ranks of motorists who have ruined their tire !! In the event of a bicyclist who loses control and crashes, they are a hazard. Excerpt below is from a letter by Ithaca's town planner to a developer: |
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From: Mike Suber Subject: Re: NYTimes op-ed: the ethicist weighs in Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 6:01 PM Steve et al - Yes, I read the opinion piece on the web site. Forget Kant. Ethics has nothing to do with it. Consider the effect on other cyclists and motorists who observe such irresponsibility: Flout the law, behave unlike most responsible motorists, and bring derision and danger to all cyclists. I can't believe that TA might consider this acceptable behavior. Mike Suber ______________________________ On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 14:48:47 -0700 (PDT) Steve Kruse writes: "If Kant Were a New York Cyclist" by Randy Cohen THE rule-breaking cyclist that people decry: that's me. I routinely run red lights, and so do you. I flout the law when I'm on my bike; you do it when you are on foot, at least if you are like most New Yorkers. My behavior vexes pedestrians, drivers and even some of my fellow cyclists. Similar conduct has stuck cyclists with tickets and court-ordered biking education classes. But although it is illegal, I believe it is ethical. I'm not so sure about your blithely ambling into the intersection against the light while texting and listening to your iPod and sipping a martini. More or less. |