>Why not intersperse bike/ped only streets with the
>high traffic auto corridors - make every few blocks
>around the city grid non-motorized traffic. Maybe let
>"local motorized traffic only" use the streets for a
>block or two (at really low speed limit) for parking
>purposes, but other than that, no cars, no trucks, no
>motorcycles (although there would need to be
>discussion around motorized bicycles and scooters).
> . . .
>- Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE
>(bicyclist, motorcyclist, pedestrian)
Sure, Jason. Now tell us how bikers are going to raise the money
to pay for these bike/ped only streets. From the bike license money? (You
do have one, right?) That $3/year will not go very far to cover the costs
of this.
And pedestrian-only streets? I thought we had them already --
they're called sidewalks. (And are paid for by the owners of the property,
not the pedestrians who walk on them.)
Like most other things, this follows the real life golden rule:
"them that pays the gold make the rules". Automobiles & their drivers pay
the majority of the costs for our transportation 'system', so it's built
mainly for their needs. In a business, that's called serving your customer.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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