Comments on: Public Perception of Bicycles http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Soderstrom http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-248546 Mary Soderstrom Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:01:37 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/#comment-248546 Saturday Nov. 15, a day of drenching rain, the crews were cutting bikes from racks along St. Viateur. I was really shocked and sent a message tot he mayor of the aroundissement Helen Fotopolus who replied in effect that there had been warnings given and that the bikes all had to go over the next two weeks because of the difficulties of snow removal. Now I'm not a bike rider (got run over by one at the age of 5, actuallly, and haven't felt comfortable around them since) but it seems to me that they are necessary to a denseer city. Call in s to talk shows don't g very far, but I hope that some of the enraged folks showed up at the meeting of teh arronidssement council Decenber 1, The only way to protest is to protest directly to those involved. Mary And by the way if you'd like to talk more about the walkable city (which also is bikeable) I'm doing a reading/disussion on my new book The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond at 3 p.m. Saturday December 6 at the Mile End Library, 5434 Park Avenue. Saturday Nov. 15, a day of drenching rain, the crews were cutting bikes from racks along St. Viateur. I was really shocked and sent a message tot he mayor of the aroundissement Helen Fotopolus who replied in effect that there had been warnings given and that the bikes all had to go over the next two weeks because of the difficulties of snow removal.

Now I’m not a bike rider (got run over by one at the age of 5, actuallly, and haven’t felt comfortable around them since) but it seems to me that they are necessary to a denseer city. Call in s to talk shows don’t g very far, but I hope that some of the enraged folks showed up at the meeting of teh arronidssement council Decenber 1, The only way to protest is to protest directly to those involved.

Mary

And by the way if you’d like to talk more about the walkable city (which also is bikeable) I’m doing a reading/disussion on my new book The Walkable City: From Haussmann’s Boulevards to Jane Jacobs’ Streets and Beyond at

3 p.m. Saturday December 6 at the Mile End Library, 5434 Park Avenue.

]]> By: Owen Rose http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-245762 Owen Rose Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:28:28 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/#comment-245762 The Ville is getting better at providing bike parking, but this ecological transportation is not respected enough - especially when roadwork is concerned. We should be replacing car parking spots with bike racks and trees for that matter. As for cyclists, we have to STOP riding on sidewalks in respect for the safety of our pedestrian friends. And one final word, I would like to see our bike parking look far more aesthetically integrated into our urban landscape. The Ville is getting better at providing bike parking, but this ecological transportation is not respected enough – especially when roadwork is concerned. We should be replacing car parking spots with bike racks and trees for that matter. As for cyclists, we have to STOP riding on sidewalks in respect for the safety of our pedestrian friends.

And one final word, I would like to see our bike parking look far more aesthetically integrated into our urban landscape.

]]> By: MsUnreliable http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/comment-page-1/#comment-245165 MsUnreliable Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:44:02 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/11/20/public-perception-of-bicycles/#comment-245165 Wow, and I thought Australians had a bad attitude towards cyclists! Wow, and I thought Australians had a bad attitude towards cyclists!

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