Hello Robin,
No, I don't believe it is asking too much. It is
about time.
Pamela Taylor
(putting her two cents in)
--- "Garwood, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Robert Gustafson wrote:
>
> "Or is the city also supposed to have a
> road way system and mass transit system for when
> the
> bicyclists need them?"
>
> I think it is in no way unreasonable for the city
> to provide
> adequate public transit options for bicyclists,
> especially over the winter
> months. Encouraging citizens, even in this climate,
> to make the most
> physically healthy, ecologically sustainable, and
> economically viable
> transportation choice is a worthy goal. This leads
> nicely to my answer to
> Mr. Gustafson's other question: "who made it the
> city's responsibility to
> get me out of my car?" Once again, the point is not
> to force, but to make
> it not-impossible. We complain about traffic,
> congestion, smog and other
> forms of pollution, and the loss of community-owned
> businesses ("what's
> missing...?") but continue to subsidize the behavior
> that leads to these
> problems: over-reliance on the automobile. I'd love
> it if someone else on
> this list would make available the amount of city,
> federal, and state funds
> we spend on infrastructure for the automobile within
> the city of Minneapolis
> each year. We could put these figures beside the
> numbers Mr. Gustafson
> finds "not crummy" to see what the ratio looks like.
>
> All we bicyclists are really asking for is equal,
> safe access to the streets
> we help pay for. Is that really too much to ask?
>
>
> Robin Garwood
> Marcy Holmes
>
>
> P.S. Some of us work to prove you wrong every day,
> Robert.
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