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Baraka_Guru · 04-28-2009, 06:00 AM

As a heavy user of public transportation, everyday pedestrian, and occasional cyclist, I agree with you for the most part, roachboy. Larger cities especially would thrive more if they found a way to further open up safer channels for non-automotive traffic. I, for one, would ride my bike far more if I didn't feel like I were risking my life and limb for a simple 15-minute journey. I'd go as far as 30 minutes to 45 minutes easily if I felt it was reasonably safe.

I'm a by-the-book kind of guy when it comes to traffic rules, and I seriously think there are a good number of cyclists and drivers alike that need to wake the fuck up and realize they're within a society, not on a Kessel Run.

04-28-2009, 06:00 AM	#40 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	As a heavy user of public transportation, everyday pedestrian, and occasional cyclist, I agree with you for the most part, roachboy. Larger cities especially would thrive more if they found a way to further open up safer channels for non-automotive traffic. I, for one, would ride my bike far more if I didn't feel like I were risking my life and limb for a simple 15-minute journey. I'd go as far as 30 minutes to 45 minutes easily if I felt it was reasonably safe. I'm a by-the-book kind of guy when it comes to traffic rules, and I seriously think there are a good number of cyclists and drivers alike that need to wake the fuck up and realize they're within a society, not on a Kessel Run. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 04-28-2009 at 06:02 AM..