I have a right to use the road, and I'm not going to forfeit it in the name of bike advocacy. That seems somewhat backwards. I don't think anyone would stop and take notice that there was a bike boycott on the square. If they did, I doubt the response would be to remove the new parking, or terminate the experiment, as you say. Quite the contrary, I suspect. If we want to be taken seriously, we need more bicycling, not less.
On 6/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In reply to Lyle Hanson's comments: > > The sane thing in my view is to avoid bicycling on the Square totally, until > the city terminates this experiment. If it takes them until the next > election to do that, so be it. > > If we have to go to or around the Square, why can't we just walk our bikes > the few blocks necessary and then get off of it? > > This is not a time to compromise on anything that runs counter with the > objective of reducing traffic in Madison, and any solution involving the new > parking spaces does just that. > > I testified personally against this project, and I have chosen not to go to > any businesses on the Square since the beginning of the experiment (including > the Farmers Market). If the Square merchants want MY business back, they'll > need to ask that the City return the parking situation back to the way it was > were before - without the new parking spaces. > > 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. > > Mike N. > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
