I ride a bike (a bicycle not a motorcycle, but that doesn't make me any less bad ass) as part of my personal transportation scheme. I have been hit (with cars) , screamed at, flicked off, run of the road, and otherwise made to feel wrong for using the transportation network in ways that do not involve an automobile. I attempt to ride within the legal constraints that govern my use of the road as much as possible (I have found several traffic lights in town that don't respond to bicycles), but that's not to say I don't advocate my position with those drivers in particularly confrontational moods.
The lack of taxes used to be the primary argument that I was confronted with concerning personal animosities toward cycling as a form of transportation. More recently I have heard the opposition shift to a position concerning the incompatibility of cycles and automobiles posing a danger to cyclist. I have actually been told that cyclist should merely move off the road until their advocacy prompts the appropriate infrastructure. In my opinion, unless people see cyclist on the road using the existing infrastructure for their non-auto transportation needs, then no one will realize the need for changes. But I digress... In the case of the tax argument, SeattlePI has an interesting write-up concerning the actual distribution of taxes for transportation uses. It seems that drivers really aren't paying the full cost of transportation services at the pump and at the DMV. If this is really the case then drivers will have to look elsewhere to justify their sense of entitlement.
The lack of taxes used to be the primary argument that I was confronted with concerning personal animosities toward cycling as a form of transportation. More recently I have heard the opposition shift to a position concerning the incompatibility of cycles and automobiles posing a danger to cyclist. I have actually been told that cyclist should merely move off the road until their advocacy prompts the appropriate infrastructure. In my opinion, unless people see cyclist on the road using the existing infrastructure for their non-auto transportation needs, then no one will realize the need for changes. But I digress... In the case of the tax argument, SeattlePI has an interesting write-up concerning the actual distribution of taxes for transportation uses. It seems that drivers really aren't paying the full cost of transportation services at the pump and at the DMV. If this is really the case then drivers will have to look elsewhere to justify their sense of entitlement.
1 comments:
your blog is kind of boring, though the graphics are better than mine. obviously im bored if I found it googleing. yeah thats all i got to say right now.
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