Originally Posted by
Bekologist
whatever the essence of the VC vision is,
it's based on a outdated paradigm rapidly falling out of favor in america. Just about anyone with common sense, not just bike nuts, but community planners and health officials and environmentalists and just about anyone now recognize car culture as damaging to public health and welfare -
Yet the VC buffoons continue to play into the 'supremacy of the autocentric road system' as acceptable public rights of way planning.
I prefer lower speed limits, shareable roads, more law enforcement, and enhanced cycling competency to over-engineered roadways, and that automatically makes me an autocentric supremacist buffoon?
Bek, you're stereotyping again. I share your goal of increasing bicycle transportation modal share. But my experience convinces me that dumbed-down roadway designs are a poor substitute for lawful and defensive cycling practices as a means to achieve it.
As danarnold suggested above, perhaps your cause would benefit from having a more reasonable and articulate spokesperson.