Comments on: Biking for Donuts http://harrumpher.com/?p=349 Commentary from a Boston crank. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:15:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Harrumpher http://harrumpher.com/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-516 Harrumpher Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:15:08 +0000 http://harrumpher.com/?p=349#comment-516 Encouraging commuting is big part of it. These two Friday sessions are sort of a follow-up on the Bike Week activities. The city cycle czarina Nicole Friedman figures as they do in Cambridge that the more folk cycle during the business day, the more drivers see them and accommodate them, and in turn the more people will feel comfortable biking. We're a far cry from Amsterdam, which removes main drag parking for pedestrian and cycle access, but getting people used to seeing bikes on our mean streets is a start. Encouraging commuting is big part of it. These two Friday sessions are sort of a follow-up on the Bike Week activities.

The city cycle czarina Nicole Friedman figures as they do in Cambridge that the more folk cycle during the business day, the more drivers see them and accommodate them, and in turn the more people will feel comfortable biking. We’re a far cry from Amsterdam, which removes main drag parking for pedestrian and cycle access, but getting people used to seeing bikes on our mean streets is a start.

]]> By: Rhea http://harrumpher.com/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-511 Rhea Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:19:04 +0000 http://harrumpher.com/?p=349#comment-511 I saw them this morning in JP on my way to the dog park. Is the idea to get people comfortable with biking in traffic? To promote commuting by bike? I saw them this morning in JP on my way to the dog park. Is the idea to get people comfortable with biking in traffic? To promote commuting by bike?

]]> By: Harrumpher http://harrumpher.com/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-510 Harrumpher Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:47:21 +0000 http://harrumpher.com/?p=349#comment-510 Thanks for the catch, Steve. That was a stupid WordPress trick. Every so often it munges a thumbnail and its referenced file. Is this the place to add that you get what you pay for? Thanks for the catch, Steve. That was a stupid WordPress trick. Every so often it munges a thumbnail and its referenced file. Is this the place to add that you get what you pay for?

]]> By: Steve http://harrumpher.com/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-509 Steve Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:08:36 +0000 http://harrumpher.com/?p=349#comment-509 Never mind, link fixed. Never mind, link fixed.

]]> By: Steve http://harrumpher.com/?p=349&cpage=1#comment-508 Steve Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:07:36 +0000 http://harrumpher.com/?p=349#comment-508 The link behind bluelight.jpg is broken. If you missed the group at Forest Hills, and the cop at Rozzie Sq was clueless, had they hopped on the train or something? The link behind bluelight.jpg is broken.

If you missed the group at Forest Hills, and the cop at Rozzie Sq was clueless, had they hopped on the train or something?

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