David, I cannot agree strongly enough with Matt's words. Any attempt to "sanitize" information available on the BFW site to avoid any reference to the role of land use in the creation of bike (and walk) friendly communties does a disservice to the organization's stated goal of "making Wisconsin a better place to bicycle". It is dishonest not to acknowledge the link between land use and transportation choices. The vast majority of automobile trips are quite short, but many of these trips are made necessary due to poor land use choices and the resulting disconnected road networks and separated land uses. To me, BFWs acknowledgment of this struggle helps the organization's credibility.
Mary On 10/27/07, Matt Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, > > Land use is a major bicycle issue, since it directly impacts the ability > of people to enjoy bicycling in Wisconsin. The more human-scaled > neighborhoods exist in Wisconsin, the better bicycling is in Wisconsin - > and BFW taking a position on this is not "discriminating" against one > type of bicycling or another. > > Who is responsible for this change in direction at the bike fed away > from supporting better bicycling in Wisconsin through bike-friendly land > use? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David L. Vogt > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Re: Eric Westhagen > > [snip] > > Regarding the quotations regarding Smart Growth and land use that > currently reside on our website, those will very likely be removed > during our upcoming website renovation. Publicly, the Bike Fed will > only endorse bicycle-related issues. While we all have our opinions > regarding issues like growth, sprawl and the idiocy of our car-dominated > culture, it is best to keep these opinions out of our public > declarations about "what we believe". Certainly, clear lines can easily > be drawn to those issues from a bicycling advocacy POV, but it is best > not to dilute an organization's focus by deviating from the core mission > - and that is making Wisconsin a better place to bicycle. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies >
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