I'd enjoy meeting the folks who post to this listserv. It'd be nice to put faces to the names and network. I guess i never new folks were meetin before this.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send Bikies mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Bikies digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. NYTimes: European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of > the Wheels (Scott Rose) > 2. Re: NYTimes: European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing > of the Wheels (Jym Dyer) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Scott Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bikies <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:50:35 -0800 > Subject: [Bikies] NYTimes: European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing > of the Wheels > "BARCELONA, Spain — In increasingly green-conscious Europe, there are > said to be only two kinds of mayors: those who have a bicycle-sharing > program and those who want one..." > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/world/europe/10bike.html > > In an increasingly wet and cold Vancouver, there are said to be only > two kinds of residents: those who are on a bicycle-riding, > tapas-eating, cava-swilling vacation in Barcelona, and those who are > left behind... > > -- > Scott M. Rose > Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jym Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bikies <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:26:05 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: [Bikies] NYTimes: European Support for Bicycles Promotes > Sharing of the Wheels > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/world/europe/10bike.html > > =v= Barcelona's "Bicing" is the same system that was adopted by > Washington's "DC SmartBike": > > > http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/03/07/bike-share-update-dc-first-out-of-the-gate/ > > =v= DC SmartBike is the first ongoing bike share in the country. > San Francisco has plans to use the same system (once some legal > hassles clear up). > <_Jym_> > > P.S.: Love this quote: > > | "The critical mass of bikes on the road has pacified traffic," > | said Gilles Vesco, vice mayor in charge of the program in Lyon. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > -- peace, Clint Freund Dismantle Globally, Renew Locally. ~D. J. The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge. -Bertrand Russell
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