Uneventful rides and well behaved motorists aren't newsworthy enough to post in A&S about.

Pleasant, boring streets and police who don't ticket lawfully operating bicyclists aren't noteworthy enough to post in A&S about.

You can't use A&S as a barometer for bicycling any more than you can use the newspaper headline crime stories as an indication of how safe and pleasant your city is.

Perhaps there should be another forum called Promotion and Encouragement. After all, tourism bureaus don't lead by talking about crime and restaurant marketing doesn't lead by talking about health inspection ratings. They talk about what people will enjoy.