tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post3070823742171299758..comments2024-03-17T20:47:31.628-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Community Health Improvement Plan Should Encourage BicyclingSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-14779270202388088442011-07-15T11:51:32.219-07:002011-07-15T11:51:32.219-07:00Doug,
I am trying to get the Marion County Comiss...Doug,<br /><br />I am trying to get the Marion County Comissioners to reconsider the toll for bikes on the Wheatland Ferry. I have wrote emails and called them. I live by the ferry and many families use the bike path in Willamette Bottom State Park directly across the ferry. They are trying to do the right thing. It keeps the rural families of this area off the dangerous rural highways. It is crazy, bikes do not take up any car revenue. You just move to the side. Pedestrians are not charged. So do you think you could get this message out to people who care, have them call and email Marion County Commisioners. Sam Brentano decided this in a short meeting, no public input nothing! What a dinosaur!Carol Soveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-45501757041927031112011-07-14T14:57:04.620-07:002011-07-14T14:57:04.620-07:00I definitely think that increasing shorter trips o...I definitely think that increasing shorter trips on bikes is a great way to address these issues. For people who live a long way from work, a <a href="http://www.montaguebikes.com" title="Montague Folding Bike" rel="nofollow">folding bike</a> might be a good way to go - it means they can still drive if they have to, but they can get the exercise in in the last 3 or 5 or whatever miles. It's a good way to bike commute, even if you have too far to ride on the bike alone.LBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067960137821266265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-64186230335747542072011-07-14T12:48:23.900-07:002011-07-14T12:48:23.900-07:00Several years ago, the CDC indicated that our buil...Several years ago, the CDC indicated that our built environment was contributing to our decline health. While the road planners typically do include sidewalks and bike lanes in road expansion projects, those facilities are designed to avoid any impediment to the flow of motor vehicle traffic, rather than to provide a safe and comfortable environment for pedestrians and bicyclists. Not surprisingly, few people see walking and bicycling along these facilities as attractive options. The narrow streets of European cities provide a pleasant walking experience in which motor vehicles are the intruders, rather than the other way around. I came away from my recent trip there having concluded that the planners have nearly destroyed the US. It remains to be seen whether the damage they have caused can be reversed before the population is significantly thinned by the host of obesity-related health issues. Already, health professionals are predicting that the current generation will have a shorter lifespan than their parents.Doug's Transportation Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260778462957240455noreply@blogger.com