Originally Posted by bragi
You're preaching to the converted; the people reading your post have mostly already done this. I don't know the answer to this question, but here it is: How does one get the message out to a car-crazed public that the very thing they love is not, in fact, their friend? How do you convince all those people stuck on the freeway that there are other options? (One would think that the very wretchedness of the freeway experience itself would be enough, but, since there are still millions of people doing it every day, apparently not...)
In the end, it is material conditions that drive change. Most people are resistant to change and will not change their ways untill the nudge of necessity propells them in a new direction. As for getting the word out, I think Platy's stratigy is really about the best we can do: just ride and be an example for others to follow. To be a little more proactive, we can print up the
'properganda' stickers provided by C.I.C.L.E (Cyclists Inciting Change through Live Exchange) and plaster them up in places where drivers will see them. I have some pinned to my cubicle walls at work. I don't think this sort of thing has much affect, but it may, and we have no way of knowing who may have been influenced in what way to make a change.