Jim,

You couldn't have said it better.

When the cyclists and pedestrians in the community get together and fight
and lobby and push and write letters and go to meetings and make it clear
that we need communities designed for non-motorized transportation of all
sorts, we can make a difference.  Most communities have bike committees or
something, we have to get involved with them.  And we have to vote with our
two feet and our two wheels and our housing decisions, opting for walking,
biking, buses, and trains, and opting for housing that makes those options
possible.

But you couldn't have said it better, so I won't say any more!

Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
and Henrietta, sad-eyed orangutan who waltzes with Matilda and me
and my 2002 green Prius, waiting for my return from the vanadventures
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Jim Felder
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 1:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Was!! now that it's Friday! Now: Rant!! Long!

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Bottom line is this: if you want to walk or ride a bike, you need to
get as many people as you can to lobby your city or county government
about it. It will take years to change anything very much (it has here)
but at least sensible development rules, such as sidewalks with curb
cuts and bike lanes build into major roadways, and bike trail
designations can start today. I am about to ask our city engineer to
please do something about the car sensors that run left turn signals at
a couple of intersections here. Bicycles cannot trip these sensors, and
you just have to run a red light to turn left because if there's not a
big, stinking hunk of metal over it, the sensor will never let you
pass.

If your city or county thinks nobody cares, they will do business as
usual. You have to bring it to their attention.

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