I'm a working father of 3, commuting by bike year-round in fair-weather Minneapolis (almost no snow last year!). I agree that Portland has more "bike culture", but we have them beat with infrastructure (we have more trails, they have more bike boulevards).
On Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:58:34 AM UTC-5, z-man wrote: > > Portland is the obvious leader in terms of infrastructure, and adoption of > the cycling culture, in terms of alternative transportation. > > That said, it's economy is so-so, compared with Minneapolis or D.C. These > will have to be the places where this total integration is showcased for > people to sit up and take notice. Minneapolis more so, because D.C. will > always have the stigma of having easy gov't money thrown at it. > > A fair(er) weather Minneapolis would be ideal. When a working father of 3, > for example, decides to start commuting down to the plant or job-site, by > bike instead of the F-150, whenever weather permits, we'll be onto > something. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:57 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bert...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > And in the US and in London. > > http://www.economist.com/node/21562252 > > http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2012/08/cycling-london > > http://www.economist.com/node/21556970 > > > > -- > "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." > -- Claude Cockburn > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > 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-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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/-/XBt64m0B6PcJ. 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.
