If You Build Bike Lanes, They Will Ride
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Ben Beyeler
Apr 23, 2012, 10:29:56 PM4/23/12
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Bike advocates-
Here are two great articles about biking and one that speaks to the limits of oil.
If You Build Bike Lanes, They Will Ride
http://www.good.is/post/if-you-build-bike-lanes-they-will-ride/
"A new study [PDF] of 90 of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. helps answer the question of what makes a city bicycle-friendly—and it turns out that the most important factor affecting the number of cyclists is the prevalence of bike paths."
Where Do People Walk and Bike the Most? It's Not Where You Think
http://www.good.is/post/where-do-people-walk-and-bike-the-most-it-s-not-where-you-think/
This article is based on the a benchmark report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking.
- "Americans choose to walk for 10.5 percent of all their trips, and bike just 1 percent of the time"
- "The state with the greatest percentage of cyclists and walkers: Alaska" “Gasoline is like $10 a gallon there. It's expensive to drive.”
Is ‘Peak Oil’ Behind Us?
Gasoline is not going to get cheaper (relatively). World production of conventional crude oil (the stuff that is easy to extract) peaked in 2006 according to the I.E.A. Of course, the not-so-easy to extract stuff is still left and is more costly.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/is-peak-oil-behind-us/
Local, local, local is going to be the key.
So, we need to get building! :)
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-Ben
574-535-9199
Here are two great articles about biking and one that speaks to the limits of oil.
If You Build Bike Lanes, They Will Ride
http://www.good.is/post/if-you-build-bike-lanes-they-will-ride/
"A new study [PDF] of 90 of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. helps answer the question of what makes a city bicycle-friendly—and it turns out that the most important factor affecting the number of cyclists is the prevalence of bike paths."
Where Do People Walk and Bike the Most? It's Not Where You Think
http://www.good.is/post/where-do-people-walk-and-bike-the-most-it-s-not-where-you-think/
This article is based on the a benchmark report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking.
- "Americans choose to walk for 10.5 percent of all their trips, and bike just 1 percent of the time"
- "The state with the greatest percentage of cyclists and walkers: Alaska" “Gasoline is like $10 a gallon there. It's expensive to drive.”
Is ‘Peak Oil’ Behind Us?
Gasoline is not going to get cheaper (relatively). World production of conventional crude oil (the stuff that is easy to extract) peaked in 2006 according to the I.E.A. Of course, the not-so-easy to extract stuff is still left and is more costly.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/is-peak-oil-behind-us/
Local, local, local is going to be the key.
So, we need to get building! :)
--
-Ben
574-535-9199
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