Comments on: US Transportation Secretary: “Bikes Not Transportation” http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Matt Stern http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51614 Matt Stern Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:13:14 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51614 @ Ivan - While I completely recognize that reckless bikers are a danger to themselves and others, their vehicle's capacity for harm are far lesser. This plays out on both a macro and micro level. Bikes do not significantly contribute to global warming, while cars are one of the largest culprits. Further, a car in the hands of an impaired individual is a weapon. Bikes...not so much. I think you get my point. An aggressive, distracted driver will most likely be an aggressive, distracted cyclist. Nonetheless, cycling is a necessary component of my vision of just, sustainable future and we can't let a few bad seeds condone a business as usual attitude. @ Ivan - While I completely recognize that reckless bikers are a danger to themselves and others, their vehicle’s capacity for harm are far lesser. This plays out on both a macro and micro level. Bikes do not significantly contribute to global warming, while cars are one of the largest culprits. Further, a car in the hands of an impaired individual is a weapon. Bikes…not so much.

I think you get my point. An aggressive, distracted driver will most likely be an aggressive, distracted cyclist. Nonetheless, cycling is a necessary component of my vision of just, sustainable future and we can’t let a few bad seeds condone a business as usual attitude.

]]> By: Ivan Linares http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51225 Ivan Linares Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:23:25 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51225 Oh, Amy Ortiz, you should see what happens herein my homeland, Recife (Northeast Brazil). We have regulations, but no-one to enforce them. So, accidents involving bikes, buses and cars are veeery common. Each one (bikers, too) thinks he/she is the street's owner and always invades the other transportations space. Despite citizen claims for better transport conditions, the authorities are dumb to us. I want to support bikers, but in my country they sometimes come with the same stubborn attitude we criticize in several car drivers. And things aren't going to improve soon... Oh, Amy Ortiz, you should see what happens herein my homeland, Recife (Northeast Brazil). We have regulations, but no-one to enforce them. So, accidents involving bikes, buses and cars are veeery common. Each one (bikers, too) thinks he/she is the street’s owner and always invades the other transportations space. Despite citizen claims for better transport conditions, the authorities are dumb to us.

I want to support bikers, but in my country they sometimes come with the same stubborn attitude we criticize in several car drivers. And things aren’t going to improve soon…

]]> By: Amy Ortiz http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51205 Amy Ortiz Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:15:07 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/19/us-transportation-secretary-bikes-not-transportation/#comment-51205 Hum. This man is clearly out of touch with the thousands of people for whom bikes are a very valid form of transportation. No wonder biking in America is a terrifying experience. Hum. This man is clearly out of touch with the thousands of people for whom bikes are a very valid form of transportation. No wonder biking in America is a terrifying experience.

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