From the article in the WSJ
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=1049#body ,
Consider the comment below, regarding the possibility of a bicycle commuter
culture such as the Netherlands' here in the US:
"There's no way it will happen here," says Bicycle Market Research
Institute President Ash Jaising, who projects the [bicycle commuter]
segment's rise in sales will slow to 5% to 10% over the next two years.
"The roads are just too dangerous."
Yet when roads are "just too dangerous" for motorists (anyone recall
Highway 12 before it was "improved"?), DOTs everywhere spend time and money
making changes to make the road safer for motorists, rather than suggesting
those road users at risk should use a different mode of travel presumed to
be safer.
chuck
p.s. thanks for the link, Jay
Chuck Strawser
Madison Project Coordinator
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
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