[*BCM*] Bike Share program

[rob levy]

A friend once told me that she felt a lot safer riding in Boston than in
Portland (and she was not insane), roughly 7 years ago. There are (and were)
several orders more bicyclists in Portland than in Boston, so that at least
anecdotally shows that motorist culture and bike-riders' influence on it may
be indifferent to the number of bikes on the road considered in a vacuum.
The safety of Boston biking conditions probably has a lot to do with the
lowered expectations that bicyclists have of drivers' behavior on the road
in this city.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Eric A Stratton <
eric.alexander.stratton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greg,
>
> While I certainly wouldn't object to more cycling infrastructure, I think
> that the bike share program can help us get there. The more cyclists on the
> road, the more accustomed motorists will become to seeing them. Ideally the
> bike sharing program will help us (cyclists) be EVERYWHERE. In doing so the
> demand for infrastructure will grow. With all of these bikes on the road,
> another result I'd look forward to is that traffic will hopefully  have to
> slow down, increasing the safety for everyone (cyclists, pedestrians, other
> motorists). Again, while I welcome bike infrastructure, I think the bike
> share program will help us make the argument for it.
>
> -E
>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Greg Jenkins wrote:
>
> Hey Tom,
> I think it would be a wonderful program. My only concern is that, as Boston
> stands now, it's not a very bike friendly city. Unless more bike lanes are
> put in I'm not sure a whole lot of people would feel safe enough riding them
> around to use the shared bikes. I'd hate to see the progam implimented
> and then fail over something as simple as a lack of safe riding space.
>
> Greg
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:42 PM, <thom3 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi I am writing an article on the bike share program and was interested
>> in hearing what some of you thought about the program.
>>
>> Please contact me directly as I am sure those on this list will prefer not
>> to get out back and forth,
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tom
>>
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