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- From: howard.smith@spacebbs.com (Howard Smith)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Roads and Taxes (was
- Message-ID: <5794.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 17:08:00 GMT
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- Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
- Reply-To: howard.smith@spacebbs.com (Howard Smith)
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- DJ>And why shouldn't bicyclists bellow? Do you know of any city where there
- DJ>is a comprehensive bicycle transportation system? I've never seen one.
- DJ>Only random networks of unconnected bike lanes that may or may not go
- DJ>anywhere useful. It can be downright dangerous to get anywhere on a bike.
- DJ>Snow is not usually cleared from these lanes in the winter, and in the summe
- DJ>they are littered with gravel, branches, glass, and dead animals.
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- Many cities in California have comprehensive bicycle transportation
- systems. Palo Alto and Davis, both university towns (to name two), have
- "bicycle boulevards" which are regular residential streets that
- parallel the main arteries. These streets have few stop signs and enough
- traffic barriers for autos to discourage use by cars. These boulevards
- are heavily used by bicyclists and it is easy to get to any place in
- these cities safely all year round.
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- For the last 25 years I have been clever enough and lucky enough to find
- work as an electronics engineer within walking or easy bicycling
- distance from my home. I once locked my car up for two years and didn't
- even get in it to demonstrate to myself and others that an automobile is
- not necessary for a full life in this grossily, inefficient society.
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- Howard Smith
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