Advocacy & Safety - National Bike Trail with our friend Ray LaHood (from Commuting thread)

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amckimmey
04-27-10, 10:24 PM
I posted this thread in the commuting forum, Please join in an enjoy the information.

Redirect to original thread here. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?640435-National-Bike-Trail-with-our-friend-Ray-LaHood&p=10731189#post10731189)



Here is the post if people don't feel like going to the original thread.

NPR talked with (my former State Representatives) Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood about Bikes in the new transportation policy.

NPR story HERE: A National Network Of Bike Trails? It Could Happen (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126263488&ps=cprs)

Here is also a wonderful website PeopleforBikes.org (http://www.peopleforbikes.org/)


Here is also a really happy video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhpUov-adU&feature=player_embedded



I hope people enjoy this.
We're rolling forward.

DX-MAN
04-28-10, 06:41 AM
I understand, as LaHood does, that there are people who will never accept a bicycle as a viable part of their lives. Some can't, others just won't. I'm OK with that. What DOES bother me is the lack of tolerance on their part for MY choice!

To the citizen:

You want to drive a car? Drive, then. I don't want to. But that doesn't make you better than me, so share the f'n road. Your timetable isn't more important than my life.

To the OT:

I'm all for a national bike trail system; the Adventure Cycling Association is on the job with the US National Bike Routes system, but that involves almost all roads. A spiderweb of MUPs, or bike-only trails, would be something to behold!

For the haters and nay-sayers there, I can only point north, to Le Route Vert.
amckimmey
05-03-10, 08:22 PM
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