I work for J&J and commute to a big (central NJ) campus, where there are easily 3000+ employees. I am one of only a handful of irregular bike-commuters, and despite having showers, lockers and a well- protected bike rack, J&J does little to encourage bicycling to work. During National Bike to Work Week, it's amazing how FEW people will actually ride in to work. I have figured out a really nice (and safe route), and even made a cheesy video to promote B2W Week that aired on TV monitors throughout the campus in the weeks prior to B2W Week. I got lots of nice, supportive comments about the vid (and my route), yet I had zero success recruiting others to join me, even for a single day!! Our Environmental Health & Safety folks have been the official "champions" of Bike to Work Week, and yet none of these people actually will ride during that week either... people just seem to think it's insane... they fear for their safety, and despite having established "ride marshalls" to ensure a safe route, we get very few takers... It's really sad. By contrast, whenever I visit our Belgian facility I am blown away by the hundreds of bikes I see arriving and leaving the facility on a regular basis. It's just an entirely different mindset.... Our culture here in NJ is built on the automobile, and the roads in NJ are great for motorists.
So while I'll continue to ride my bike to work whenever I can, simply because I so enjoy it, I will no longer lament at others' reluctance to share in the joy... That's their loss, as far as I'm concerned. (And in the minds of others here on campus) I am confident I have permanently secured my place, smack dab in the center of the lunatic fringe, which I am starting to accept as OK, too... Peace, BB On Jan 24, 1:35 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not necessarily so. A few years ago I was talking to a retired Sandia > Labs employee who used to bicycle to the base back in the 1970s. He > remarked how many motorists exhibited bad feeling toward cyclists > that, today, with so many more on the road here in Albuquerque, you > don't see as often. I think that in some cities, at least, commuting > has become considerably more popular; tho' of course you are starting > with a very small base so that even high % increases don't necessarily > translate into high overall numbers. > > What's it like in LA and NY in 2001 compared to say 1990? > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > More bike commuting/public transportation commuting won't increase > > until gas prices increase even more... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
