Not-Cyclists
There has been a move to build more infrastructure for cyclists here. However, with limited space on the road, this comes at a cost… which has local businesses concerned.
But there is the issue. How can you tell how you tell a driving customer from a walking customer from a biking customer? Especially when a cyclist is not a “cyclist”…
…just like a driver is not a “driver.”
They are both customers. But drivers tend to pass through towns, and those on bike or on foot will spend time at local businesses. And the goal of business is to get more customers, and bike infrastructure will bring more of these not-cyclists down their particular street- with things to do, money to spend, time to stop.
Ultimately it’s not about biking, but creating a neighborhood where people will stop biking… and stay a while.
You should also have a scene of a driver going past then stopping at the mall and saying, “Great there’s plenty of parking here.” only to show them having to walk further from the edge of the lot to the mall than they would have had to walk to get to the corner store….
I agree with the reference that on-street parking is over-hyped as a “must have” for businesses. I disagree that people that don’t bike during the winter or during any type of “poor weather” can be considered cyclists in the ‘truest’ sense. Cycling is about taking the good with the bad, (Toronto atm being very bad). But its not like the Martin Goodman was unrideable during Sandy…
People are just too damn afraid of everything it seems.
… they are the same people right after the cut you off in their CAR, they mention “they bike all the time.”
That is what I am talking about. Where’s your bike now?