http://takethetooker.ca/?p=285
D: watch the video. Amazing.
In the meantime, my bike lanes are still mostly full of gravel.
Possibly glass too, but it's hard to see with all the gravel.
http://p.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/11_20-26/shared_lane_copenhagen.jpg
D: separate, but one can still eat passenger car door.
It would make uptown a little less of a death-trap, though.
Aside: yesterday's Caroline St. bike lane doesn't even extend that far.
D: being bike friendly pays economic dividends.
Portland is the most friendly USA city.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/15/portland_considered_most_bicycle_friendly_city
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004676.html
D: and Davis the best town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen#Cycling
D; but Copenhagen in Europe takes the cake.
Cyclists have their own traffic lights.
Heck, we don't even have road sensors to detect them here, to change lights.
Meaning I can either wait an indefinite amount of time for a car, or run the red.
http://www.taxpayer.com/main/index.php
"HALIFAX / FREDERICTON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today launched its 10th annual Gas Tax Honesty Campaign, marking Gas Tax Honesty Day. The yearly campaign kicks off the summer travel season for Canadian motorists. It is also the day of the year that taxpaying motorists are reminded of the high tax component hidden in the price of gasoline – a tax burden that will only increase if the federal government and provinces adopt a carbon tax on fossil fuels."
D: see my entry on my other blog on "Cars are not cost effective".
By all rights, the gas tax should be HIGHER to incorporate the cost of car accidents/pollution to society.
I said as much on the comment section of today's CBC article.
We all subsidize automobiles, and oddly suburban sprawl with necessitates automobiles.
It is a remarkably absurd scenario.
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