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Old 07-07-10, 08:51 AM
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...of course, we should all take a moment before our mornings commute and sing the praises of the Roussean virtues of the natural vehicular bicyclist and shout out a loud kumbaya to the utility of transportational bicycling.

To the mamacharis in Osaka and the baakfietsen in Copenhagen....


Originally Posted by sggoodri
It's unfortunate that many seniors have stranded themselves by selecting retirement locations where useful travel by anything but a motor vehicle is very inconvenient and/or unpleasant.
.....did you mean most cities in the USA? maybe instead of being a sidewalk nazi, you could recognize the utility of the bicycle! your depictions of traffic adverse to peds at those photos

Originally Posted by sggoodri
....To reach the restaurants and shops from the end of the sidewalk, pedestrians have a choice of trampling over flowers or walking in the four-lane street where vehicle speeds often exceed 50 mph. This type of street design sends pedestrians the message that walking is irresponsible and that driving is the right thing to do.
what kind of message does that street send to bicyclists?

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