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i may or may not be intentionally not playing stupid, but.. wait, wtf did i just say? ::shakes head:: <br><br>anyway, why don't we get a bunch of cyclists together and go to the place where these "planners" do their "planning" when they're "planning" so they can see for themselves that there are a lot of us and maybe "plan" some "planning" that acknowledges us. i have a feeling the majority of the "planning" they do for cyclists is when they "plan" to not be in town when CM happens. ;D<br><br>happy trails, i'll be back on the road with ya'll when i get my bike back from the shop on thursday. my legs hurt more from -walking- everywhere than they ever have from riding. =p<br><br><br> <br><br><br>> From: jym@econet.org<br>> To: list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:33:03 -0700<br>> Subject: [*BCM*] "Planners"<br>> <br>> =v= While we're all certainly struggling with the legacy<br>> of car-crazed post-WWII civil engineering priorities, there<br>> are plenty of "planners" still afoot who deserve scrutiny<br>> (or, far more rarely, acclaim) for our present transportation<br>> infrastructure. One example that should be obvious to anyone<br>> here would be the Big Dig.<br>> <br>> =v= Note that in the entire reconfiguration following that<br>> disastrous project, bicycles were not taken into account in the<br>> slightest. (A recent past generation of bicycle advocates can<br>> also share some of the blame for this, for dropping the ball on<br>> the basis of an ideology that what's good for cars is somehow<br>> magically and automatically good for bikes, and anything that<br>> might be special for bikes is the f-word -- facility -- and is<br>> therefore eeevil.)<br>> <_Jym_><br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Boston Critical Mass mailing list<br>> list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>> http://bostoncriticalmass.org/list<br>> To unsubscribe email list-unsubscribe@bostoncriticalmass.org<br><br /><hr />Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! <a href='http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us' target='_new'>Try it!</a></body>
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