Evidence for your three assertions? On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:58 AM, erik jensen <bicyclen...@gmail.com> wrote:
1. > NYT knows such an article will generate quite a lot of buzz in the cycling > community, garnering them page hits and ad revenue (etc etc etc). > 2. The guy is a hack volunteer, 3. there is no problem in > copenhagen with the bicycle in any way not to be expected of the dominant > mode anywhere else (cars here), and 1. the NYT is successfully trolling both > the cyclist community and the bike lane haters of US metropolitan areas. > I am the first to defend my rights to bicycle on the roads against agressive motorists, but a knee-jerk reaction to criticism of cyclists both angers and saddens me. > > erik > > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Rather than stir up an argument here- and since this thread began with >> recommended reading- I would just like to recommend a couple of books that >> would answer your question, and perhaps add some perspective to the whole >> idea of mounting a camera on the dashboard of an _automobile_ to illustrate >> the 'pinch' that pedestrians are feeling from bicycles. >> >> "Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism", by Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi, >> >> And >> >> "Collapse", by Jared Diamond, which might fairly be viewed as the sequel >> to "Guns, Germs, and Steel", and which will both fascinate and scare the >> shit out of you, if you have a pulse. >> >> >> -Matt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/8Z_mO2WEsicJ. >> 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. > > > > -- > oakland, ca > bikenoir.blogspot.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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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.
