Dear Group, Another thought about the use of bus line mandates to promote a real urban bike culture. My observations in Seattle are that the bus and bus finance mandates seem flexible and have easily accommodated the likes of "disabilities" and the expansion of electric and articulated--multi-power buses. I might expect that Seattle must lead this country in "the silent sports." Of course mere walking on the Seattle ubiquitous hills would change a Wisconsin waist line! Regularly you see "ancient" people with white beards speeding along on bikes and ancient people jogging and not merely walking up and down the billy goat hills. Walking to a store three or four miles away means nothing. And when visiting, there is never talk of "driving" to a store. Maybe "healthy" people gravitate to Seattle and that is the answer--but then the fact that everybody "does" it plays a role as well.
So, instead of requesting a "transfer" on a bus route, a person could simply "unlock" a coin release bike------. The buses everywhere must delay for wheel chairs and disabilities---why not for a person to unclip a bike from a bus attached rack? It would seem that the bus mandate would provide the least resistance since they are asked to accommodate all sorts of changing social norms and not asked for strict profit accountability. Eric Westhagen _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
