On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Andy Bach <[email protected]> wrote: I read/skimmed that "Wheel Fever" book: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=418
but I don't recall it telling the story quite that way. Yes, I heard the author speak at the Wisconsin Bike Summit, and it seemed he focused mostly on the bike industry, not on the infrastructure of the state. League of American Bicyclists was formed well over 100 years ago to push for the "Good Roads Movement" nationwide, so I don't doubt that there were local enthusiasts doing the same thing. But the article in today's paper talks about counties being required to have at least one cross-county route that was good. And that a portion of rural roads were paved in this way. But outside the Driftless area - where some roads that dead end on ridge tops are unpaved - and northern Wisconsin, where unpaved roads are common, most roads are paved. Even the little farm roads with almost no traffic are paved. That's what makes road biking so amazing here. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Robbie Webber > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice little piece in the State Journal today about the history of paving >> roads in Wisconsin. >> >> What sort of amused me was this passage: >> >> Farmers called this unnecessary government intervention and denounced >>> bicyclists as lazy "city dudes." They urged lawmakers to restrict bicycles. >>> Tension between rural residents and urban bicyclists simmered for more >>> than a decade. >> >> > Yeah, so we can now say, when somebody in a car yells "Get off my road!" - > "Hey buddy, we were here first, we *got* these roads paved!" > > I'm sure that will solve the conflict ;-> I read/skimmed that "Wheel > Fever" book: > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=418 > > but I don't recall it telling the story quite that way. > > -- > > a > > Andy Bach, > [email protected] > 608 658-1890 cell > 608 261-5738 wk >
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