Originally Posted by genec
......Sounds wonderful.
BTW I always enjoyed cycling in (Santa Barbara)... it was just a bit nicer there... from wide bike lanes to well tuned traffic light loops to your aforementioned path... there is a certain positive approach to cycling in SB that is very encouraging to cyclists.
yes, there is a positive, encouraging side to bicycling infrastructure if implemented in thoughtful ways. it's absolutely shameful bad people like john forester are out to ****** and attempt to dismantle positive effects of cycling infrastructure in communities like santa barbara.
that guy should be ashamed of himself. the bicycling community should ostracize his message. maintaining our rights to road cycling can be done concurrent with building bike infrastructure in communities.
the two (right to road cycling, bike infrastructure) are NOT mutually exclusive.