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So here's us, on the raggedy edge.
I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears / I crossed city, and valley, desert, and stream, to bring my body here — Woody Guthrie, Remember the Mountain Bed |
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One of the best articles about urban cycling I’ve read in quite a while. the last paragraph of this excerpt does a nice job of summarizing both the solution and the problem. The emphasis is mine.
“We want to encourage a culture in Santa Rosa where people ride their bikes for short trips around the city, but we want to make sure they do it in a safe manner,” said Rafael Rivero, a community outreach specialist with the Santa Rosa Police Department.
Roundabouts where four-way stops used to be, yield signs, and painted outlines of cyclists on the pavement are just a few of the changes aimed at putting cyclists on equal footing with motorists.
But it won’t work unless everyone — cyclists, motorists and pedestrians — respects one another, said Christine Culver, executive director of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition.
Posted by skooter at 8:02 PM
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