[SDCBC] YouTube - SoCal Arterials and Lane Splitting videos

[John Eldon]

When I talk to my non-cycling friends, personal safety is by far the most
common reason (excuse?) they give for not bicycing on the road.
Freeway-style road design fuels the "bikes don't belong" mentality quite
effectively. Our best hope may still be $10/gallon gasoline.

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From: sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org
[mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Magee
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:37 PM
To: 'John Forester'; 'sdcbc'
Subject: Re: [SDCBC] YouTube - SoCal Arterials and Lane Splitting videos



".... Furthermore, the American bikeway program has been running for thirty
years, with very little switch from motoring
to bicycling. I don't hold out much reason to hope for a different outcome
within the planning horizon."

--
John Forester, MS, PE

And this is due in large part to the commercial media promoting automobiles
-- fast, luxury, hot styling, you take your pick.  It's a big part of our
American culture, especially here in CA.

Who is there that will give John Q. Public, his neighbors and friends -- and
everybody else -- the encouragement to ride a bike in the first place?

My belief is that, in the short term, we continue bicycling by good example,
while making every effort to appear in the media to explain why America
needs to change the culture -- for a multitude of reasons.  It begins with
you and me.