Why being a car guy and a cycling advocate isn’t a contradiction
To borrow a thought from Joe Soucheray, it’s simple garage logic — the right tool for the job.
Walker Angell is a writer who focuses mostly on social and cultural comparisons of the U.S. and Europe. One day he will finish development of localmile.org, a blog focused on everyday bicycling and local infrastructure for people who don’t have a chamois in their shorts. His number one excuse for not finishing localmile.org is the time he is spending with his wife designing a house they hope to be very accurate to Nantucket shingle style architecture and yet also obtain Passivhaus certification.
To borrow a thought from Joe Soucheray, it’s simple garage logic — the right tool for the job.
Instead of the 2% of us who were willing to ride on Park before, with bike lanes now maybe 4% of people are willing to do so. But, they’re not even minimally good enough for the vast majority.
At what point is an e-bike more of a motor vehicle than a bicycle and why does it matter?
The notion that conservatives just about have anti-cycling cornered and cycling supporters must likely be liberals isn’t supported by the facts.
By Walker Angell
June 6, 2013