tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post1253887642955646842..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Why so much Acceptance for Traffic Cone Theory of Walking?Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-39965499085764732242015-04-16T17:20:59.140-07:002015-04-16T17:20:59.140-07:00Ha! The Bike Snob has a funny piece in the Washing...Ha! The Bike Snob has a funny piece in the <i>Washington Post</i>, "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/15/dont-make-bicyclists-more-visible-make-cars-stop-running-them-over/" rel="nofollow">Don't make bicyclists more visible. Make drivers stop hitting them</a>."<br /><br />"<i>[W]e’ve long since sublimated any outrage over death-by-auto into victim-blaming. Crossing the street has long been criminalized, save for the handful of seconds you get when the “walk” signal appears. Effectively, we’ve lost equal access to the public roadways unless we’re willing and able to foot the hefty bill for a car. Instead, what we have is an infrastructure optimized for private vehicles and a nation of subsidized drivers who balk at the idea of subsidizing any other form of transit, and who react to a parking ticket as though they’ve been crucified</i>."Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-67452775626966894112015-02-10T07:01:45.778-08:002015-02-10T07:01:45.778-08:00Even when you arrive by car, Salem's stroads a...Even when you arrive by car, Salem's stroads and strip malls are pretty unpleasant places to be. And what about all the cases of drivers crashing into buildings? Are the buildings guilty of not dressing themselves so they are visible to drivers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-89639854352592745712015-02-10T05:52:12.331-08:002015-02-10T05:52:12.331-08:00I wrote the S-J journalist describing all the thin...I wrote the S-J journalist describing all the things about how our streets and towns are built that makes walking & biking unsafe. While I believe that we have to live in the world as it is and fight for the world we want, which means that for now I light myself like a Christmas tree when I'm riding. But I tried to show her how hostile our cities are to people outside of a car or aren't 18-55, own a car and in perfect health. I even offered her my time to talk or walk around town. I'm waiting to see if she replies.Mikenoreply@blogger.com