[*BCM*] What better bicycling in Massachusetts means to me...

[tjvitolo at bu.edu]

> Your turn!
>
> Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
> -Turtle

I want Turtle to be appointed National Cycling Czar, and given a budget 
of $3,000,000,000 ($10/person) to start implementing her vision.


Quoting turtle <turtle at zworg.com>:

> The Bicyclist Manifesto:
>
> - I want to see safe and thriving streets in the Boston area (and
> everywhere else, too!).
> - I want to be able to drive a bike, car, scooter, walk on my own feet,
> use a wheelchair, take the bus or train, or whatever other safe form of
> transportation that I choose to use, and feel like other people know
> that I am there and understand that I belong there.
> - I want to have at least equal access use the public roads for
> transportation as all other safe and responsible travelers.
> - I want to know that everyone understand the basic laws of the road so
> that they are very clear about how to keep everyone safe.
> - I want those laws to be written or rewritten so that they are clear,
> effective, and designed to meet everyone's needs for health and safety
> as the top priority.
> - I want to have a legal system that upholds the laws, serves the safety
> of everyone, including me, and that continually works to reduce dangers
> as much as possible in an effective and fair way.
> - I want to have a legal system that strives to increase safety and
> health for everyone, rather than decreasing un-health and un-safe
> conditions (a subtle, but crucial difference akin to the difference
> between being average and being great).
> - I want a government that promotes education that permeates society and
> completely clarifies the laws and the rights and responsibilities for
> everyone, as they share the public streets with everyone else.
> - I want everyone to be open to finding new and better ways to keep
> everyone safe, and to be creative and respectful when encountering
> conflict with the general goal of improving things for everyone
> (win-win).
> - I want to have individuals and groups professionally responsible for
> doing research and investigation into ALL of the various possible
> elements that contribute to unsafe conditions, and to research all
> perspectives of the issue: emotional, physical, procedural, and
> cultural.  I want the goal to not be placing blame, but finding better
> strategies for a healthier and safer future.
> - I want to have a society, government, legal system, organizations, and
> peers who value my health and safety needs and take them into account
> when making decisions.
> - I want to have the opportunity, along with everyone else, to offer my
> ideas for solutions for safer and healthier streets and have them be
> respected, seriously considered, and given a fair critique for strengths
> and weaknesses with the general goal of increasing everyone's health and
> safety as the ultimate arbiter.
> - I want everyone who wants better bicycling in Massachusetts to focus
> on what is most valuable to them and to share those values with everyone
> else, so that we can have a goal to work towards.
>
> Your turn!
>
> Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
> -Turtle
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