Originally Posted by
Roody
The bike to work stuff is pretty lame. Cool in the 90s but played out.
That's what gerv is suggesting. Isn't it? Bike to work ... bike to get groceries ...
Originally Posted by
Roody
I actually think negativity is the way to go. A lot of psychology studies show that negative messages are more effective. (That's why politicians use them all the time.) For carfree ad campaigns, the message should be shame based:
"The city put in all of these great bike lanes and you wimps are too lazy to use them. What's wrong with you people? Don't you care about the climate? It wouldn't kill you to get a little exercise either."
and btw, if you have made a commitment to yourself to be carfree, and then you use a car, then yes you have failed. It's nothing to beat yourself up about, but it is a failure. Just like if you committed to work out four times a week and you only work out twice, you have failed. Figure out what went wrong and do better next week.
Well thank goodness there aren't very many people with your attitude or no one would want to ride a bicycle ... or exercise ... or do much of anything
Unfortunately it is this very attitude that makes people avoid this forum ... and avoid the idea of being car-free or car-light. One can only hope your post is some kind of [very weird] joke.
Or if not ... do you consider yourself an abject failure? By your own comments (
I quote: "if you have made a commitment to yourself to be carfree, and then you use a car, then yes you have failed") ... you are. Is that really how you think of yourself?
Fortunately there is a much better approach ... the encouraging approach. Everyone has a choice of how they want to transport themselves from one point to another. Many times, using a motorised vehicle is the best choice, but if a person could walk/cycle or drive, and either method would work just as well ... and if that person chooses to walk/cycle for that particular trip ... great!
But they are not failures if they happen to choose to drive ... it's just simply a choice that they have made.
I would rather see people be encouraged to walk/cycle. Show them that walking or cycling to the shop, the tourist attraction, work, etc. is a good choice for various reasons.
But don't criticise and call them down if they don't make that choice. What a poor way to convince anyone to do something.