[SDCBC] Efficiency & Bicycles

[Gene Carman]

I tend to agree with this... up to the point where that same 
government policies also encourage the design of freeway like surface 
streets** with very high speed motor traffic, and then further 
encourages the use of motor vehicles by supplementing the production of fuel.

Government policy needs to also recognize the needs of lower speed 
traffic and pedestrians.


**those roads similar to the ones we discussed earlier, such as the 
wide sweeping multi-laned intersections that appear in various places 
around town.


At 08:36 AM 12/1/2006, John Forester wrote:
>I think that the essays in this discussion have largely borne out the
>contention with which I started it, that bicycle transportation is
>being done by those who enjoy cycling, and that individual commuting
>by bicycle is a large part of the bicycle transportation that is being done.
>
>That demonstrates that the proper governmental policy would be based
>on the vehicular cycling principle instead of the cyclist inferiority
>superstition, both for reasons of equity and to support the
>activities of those most likely to use bicycle transportation. When
>government has stopped discouraging bicycle transportation by
>policies and practices based on fear of cycling, then the field will
>be free for those who know how to encourage safe, lawful and
>competent cycling.
>
>John Forester, MS, PE
>Bicycle Transportation Engineer
>7585 Church St.
>Lemon Grove, CA 91945-2306
>619-644-5481 www.johnforester.com
>
>
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