A Place to Ride
Bike are a popular present for Christmas. And no doubt many kids are jumping with excitement about their new bicycles right now. However, very soon they will get wise to the nature of the world.
Yep, within a few months they’ll know what they want next Christmas.
So let’s help deliver it to them this year.
i once wrote a letter to a mayor about bicycles being restricted from a park. how stupid is that?
Hmm. I understand the pedestrian safety concerns, but instead of banning bikes, wouldn’t it make sense to set standards and then enforce them?
Do we ban cars from roads because a few people drive irresponsibly?
Schools really do this (ban bikes). Isn’t that sad?
I have been riding my bicycle for forty years through Boston Common. Of course I ride slowly in the Common. I don’t usually use a bell unless it is far in advance, because I think that sends the message “get out of my way”. I give people walking, lots of room when I pass, go at probably a walking pace when I have to ride closely and always say excuse me and thank you when I am forced to ride closely. It shouldn’t be hard to post some basic courtesy rules and to enforce them in the Common.
Hey! I think the comics are cute. Good perspective. We have spent so much of our public resources and space subsidizing the mighty automobile, that we forget about other road users—such as those who do not or cannot drive a car, and so they walk or bike.
Re: your comment in the first comic: The no smoking in the park is a common-sense law. People go to the parks to enjoy nature, to get a breath of fresh air, to relax, breathing in other people nasty tobacco fumes is not relaxing not healthy for them or anyone. People can smoke, but they don’t have a right to infringe on people’s right to breathing fresh air.