tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post1069725236245776274..comments2023-10-01T08:47:11.930-05:00Comments on The MinusCar Project: Effective Cyclingmytzpykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-61485096166736428172008-09-17T09:40:00.000-05:002008-09-17T09:40:00.000-05:00It actually takes all kinds.I would have to agree ...<I>It actually takes all kinds.</I><BR/><BR/>I would have to agree with you there. Not saying Forester doesn't have a place. Kind of like, in the conservation world, there's Sierra Club, and there's Earth First!<BR/><BR/>My reaction was on a more personal level, where I know that as a visible cyclist (and informally, an activist), I'm going to get lumped in with this guy. <BR/><BR/>That said, dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527673886975332497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-83067292141302944162008-09-15T13:12:00.000-05:002008-09-15T13:12:00.000-05:00Correction - I see I said "you deserve what you ge...Correction - I see I said "you deserve what you get." I don't know if that's better or worse.mytzpykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-8157644821758851242008-09-14T20:06:00.000-05:002008-09-14T20:06:00.000-05:00Phew - your quotes around - deserves what she gets...Phew - your quotes around - deserves what she gets - had me thinking I had said that. I didn't mean to say that. I'm happy to see I didn't say that. So far both the situation and the consequences are hypothetical for Moria. She hasn't swerved into a cyclist or other vehicle. She's still healthy as far as I know.<BR/><BR/>Bike lanes are bad because proper use of them is ambiguous. There are mytzpykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-55816618479710125382008-09-14T18:58:00.000-05:002008-09-14T18:58:00.000-05:00Okay, fair enough. Let me be more precise in my cr...Okay, fair enough. Let me be more precise in my criticism of this statement:<BR/><BR/><I>You deserve, as quite a few exasperated people frequently comment about such matters, you deserve to be smashed flat as a tribute to Darwin for improving the gene pool by eliminating the incompetent.</I><BR/><BR/>Alice Swanson was run over, beneath the wheels of the garbage truck. "Smashed flat," if you will.chigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515259782735086616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-22006352030203817982008-09-14T16:07:00.000-05:002008-09-14T16:07:00.000-05:00After doing a more complete review of this article...After doing a more complete review of this article and the comments to my post - perhaps I don't need to do a separate post...<BR/><BR/>chiggins - <BR/><BR/>First: <BR/><BR/>My city has a recommended bicycle route that invites riders to ride on the sidewalk against traffic through an interstate interchange. I also know - if they're not the people who put it in place - the people who let it stay mytzpykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026711923523985711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-56645177595666002452008-08-13T11:12:00.000-05:002008-08-13T11:12:00.000-05:00Yeah, wow. This post has been bothering me for day...Yeah, wow. This post has been bothering me for days. I can't withhold comment any longer, even if it doesn't get approved.<BR/><BR/>I really believe in a lot of the ideas that Mr. Forester does. But he's such a jerk about it, that it's very easy to lose the message. We need cycling advocates who understand the value of diplomacy...dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527673886975332497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-28784195029903112722008-08-12T10:07:00.000-05:002008-08-12T10:07:00.000-05:00I read John Forester's comments and then Morira Mc...I read John Forester's comments and then Morira McLaughlin's article. The post article is good. Its too bad Forester feels the need to trash a biker because she uses the word 'swerve' instead of 'turn away from.' Is it really true that drivers don't tell one another to be safe. I do it all the time, es[pecially to my kids, and at times would rather they not drive. Forester wants to pick Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13940604655376353136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13103635.post-71697224580104730842008-08-08T07:06:00.000-05:002008-08-08T07:06:00.000-05:00Angering other cyclists by stopping behind a vehic...<I>Angering other cyclists by stopping behind a vehicle stopped in front of you, or was it moving right and hadn't yet stopped? Are they angered because they would overtake on the right-hand-side of that vehicle? All that I can say is that I have never been the target of this particular kind of anger.</I><BR/><BR/>Heh. Mr. Forester should spend some time biking around downtown DC. The bikers are chigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515259782735086616noreply@blogger.com