[RBW] wouldn't it be nice. . .

2012-07-18 Thread Lyle Bogart
From today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.html?pagewanted=2_r=1hppagewanted=all Cheers! lyle -- lyle f bogart dpt 156 bradford rd wiscasset, me 04578 207.882.6494 206.794.6937 -- You received this message because you

Re: [RBW] wouldn't it be nice. . .

2012-07-18 Thread Tim McNamara
It can be done. Minneapolis has the Cedar Lake Trail, the Midtown Greenway and the LRT rails-to-trails corridors and St. Paul has the Gateway and Big River trails from the suburbs into downtown. There are still some problems to overcome in terms of integrating cyclists into city street

Re: [RBW] wouldn't it be nice. . .

2012-07-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Jan Heine had a less-than-ecstatic review or analysis of European cycling infrastructure compared to US needs; this in a not too old BQ. IIRC, you could sum up the article by saying It's useful but slow, not fun and not really applicable to American distances. Now, NYC may be more European in its

Re: [RBW] wouldn't it be nice. . .

2012-07-18 Thread Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
I have to agree with Tim Mac. Minneapolis is heaven for cycling. Lots of off-street paths that go places, bike lanes, and compared to 5 years ago, I feel that bikes are MUCH more accepted on city streets. While I don't spend much time observing the administrative and political machinations