Originally Posted by
Bekologist
wot??
i guess if you want to stretch a point....
vc doesn't do anything to build ridership, allister. relying on vc as a community strategy to increase ridership is an abject failure. look at oahu for example
So? That's like saying the rules of the road don't increase car ownership. It's my understanding that VC was never intended as an advocacy method as much as it is a training method. You're arguing that it's failed at something that it was never designed to achieve. A bit foolish IMO.
They may help, but in my observations, facilities alone don't increase ridership either. Cities that have seen increased ridership have achieved it through a combination of policy, infrastructure, marketing and just plain old bums on bikes. A bit of training surely can't hurt either. Claiming that it's all down to the paint is shortsighted.