[*BCM*] Op/Ed

[Andrew Toomajian]

great letter lee!  congrats.to the peanut gallery - historical accuracy isnt the point.  if it were, we'd make the place a swamp again.  we humans tend to be pretty selective in what parts of history we want to keep and what ones we relegate to the dustbin.  lee's letter seems to make the point that bikes are every bit as valid as cars in the back bay, and perhaps more so.  and it does this successfully.personally i'd love to see the whole back bay become a pedestrian mall, but right now a few bikeracks seems a good goal.- andy____________________________________________________________________________________________________"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."    - James Baldwin  ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:10:23 +0000From: goannego at gmail.comTo: list at bostoncriticalmass.orgSubject: Re: [*BCM*] Op/EdI thought it was a great letter. 
 
Until I realized that at the time of creation, the Back Bay as cited was a swamp and the roads were backed up with horses, carriages, mud, and (as Colonel Potter used to call it) "horse puckey."
 
Different to cars, but not much safer, and a different kind of dirt.  Pro bikes, good, but appealing to the historical sense seemed to have a big flaw. 
On 28/11/06, Lee Peters <lfpeters at gis.net> wrote:


Hey kids -- This is the 1st letter I got past the editors of the Globe.  (Turtle provided guidance on how to do this a couple months ago, thanks!)
 
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2006/11/28/back_bay_bike_racks_perish_the_thought/

 
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