> From: Martin Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I ask that others join me in boycotting all places
> > of business on the Capitol Square, until such time
> > as the City of Madison returns the Capitol Square
> > for use by primarily pedestrians, non-motorized
> > forms of travel and mass transit.
>
> While I am not entirely against the idea (personally
> speaking - everyone is free to do what they want of
> course) I have to say that this seems like the best
> way to get ourselves ("the cycling community") left
> right out of any further discourse on the issue. I
> seriously doubt that the businesses on the square
> would feel any thing if cyclists stop frequenting them
> and our absence on the street might just be considered
> a great way of not having to deal with
> reconfiguration.
Indeed. In fact, I would anticipate an action like this backfiring (no pun
intended). The businesses claim an expectation of increased business from car
drivers with the new car parking. One was quoted in one of the local papers
recently as saying that s/he gets no appreciable business from bicyclists
riding / parking their bikes on the Square. A boycott by bicyclists would just
prove such a claim correct, and further (in the minds of the businesses and
proponents of the car parking) demonstrate the "need" for the car spaces.
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Paul T. O'Leary
Desktop Insurgent
Madison, WI USA
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