tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post7646147521917327853..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Our Troubles with SpeedSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-9904547142905505872015-04-19T00:43:19.810-07:002015-04-19T00:43:19.810-07:00There you have it, folks, a perfect example of why... There you have it, folks, a perfect example of why we are doomed. The Legislature passes a faux low carbon fuels bill that will do nothing to reduce carbon emissions and will only pump money into the pockets of politically well connected agribusiness interests, but at the same time proposes to raise carbon emissions even more by raising highway speed limits, so that we spend even more money and emit even more carbon just forcing air out of our way (wind resistance rises exponentially as speed rises linearly, as all bicyclists learn quickly!). The fake concern for climate in Oregon is really depressing -- at least the denialists are consistent, they close their eyes and plug their ears and shout "LaLaLa I can't hear you!" At the top of their lungs, and then act like idiots to match. But the environmental community has not even that excuse -- they acknowledge that we're dooming the future with our use of fossil fuels, but then their idea of a response is to raise speed limits and encourage even more petrochemical use to turn even more land over to fueling motorized coffins. So depressing.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731260619465817652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-70468710740756053592015-04-17T19:32:58.274-07:002015-04-17T19:32:58.274-07:00The city has a radar/speed limit combo on 16th St ...The city has a radar/speed limit combo on 16th St just north of D St. The street is a properly sized residential street. People park on street too. And yet the speed limit is 25. <br /><br />Why would the city set the speed limit to anything higher than 20? It could even be 15 mph. So even where a street is designed properly (obviously before cars became an object of worship) Salem wants people to sped.Mikenoreply@blogger.com