Thanks to our uninhibited love affair with the automobile, we have an amazing, if expensive, network of asphalt ribbons connecting virtually every location we would want to go with any other location. These afford us "bicycle commuters" the opportunity to go anywhere we might otherwise go in our cars.

It is our duty and calling to "tame" these roadways and press them into service for bicycles. I do not say we should take risks when doing it, just that we should take them back for bikes, whenever feasable.

My dream is to go anywhere with my bike that I can go in a car with a similar level of confidence. In fact, I already do this in many places. I go many places with my bike that most people think I "don't belong." But the law supports my right to do it.

This is the foundation of successful bicycle transportation: a sound system of paved roadways. This is what early cyclists of the 19th century fought for and began to win. It belongs to us.
Let's take it back.