[*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes

[Basil Sharpe]

I may arrive a bit late at the Friday night ride.  Can someone leave me
their cell phone so I can call and see where the ride is at.  I will
probably get to North Station at 6:15.  I already have Jessie's cell
(last four numbers being 2253) So Jessie if you'll be on the ride, I'm
all set.

Thanks
Basil

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From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On Behalf Of
Robotica
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:24 AM
To: Boston Critical Mass
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes

Absolutely not.  Not to put words into Jeremy's mouth (but I will
anyway), but he's saying that, while some people would be fine with
it, the odds are great that there would be a fairly large collection
of individuals who would, frankly, express some of the opinions we've
seen on this thread.  If the scooter-driver wore a giant sign that
said "I'd be on a bicycle, but I'm currently or permanently disabled,"
it might be a little better, but this list seems to hold the general
opinion that scooter-users are lazy motherfuckers who should just be
riding a bike instead.  Obviously, this list doesn't speak for the
mass, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the attitude carried
over.

No one person would have the right to say "You can't be a part of
this," but would they be *accepted*?  I'm inclined to agree with
Jeremy - no.

On 9/26/07, Anne Wolfe <goannego at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doesn't this seem to imply that there's some kind of leader to accept
or
> reject a scooter or anything else?  Because that runs entirely counter
to
> everything CM stands for.
>
>
>
> On 26/09/2007, Jeremy Chase <jeremychase at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have to agree in that a scooter wouldn't be accepted at a CM
event.
> > Any logical CMer knows that a scooter is a much better alternative
to
> > a car, but the far left are going to disagree with anything you do
if
> > it isn't pedal power.
> >
> > I believe scooters are a great alternative, but as a cyclist I don't
> > like them using the bike lanes. I do, however, like scooters far
more
> > than cars double parked in the bike lane, and I would much rather
see
> > 10 scooters roll by than 10 cars.
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > On 9/24/07, Zarkauskas, John A <JAZarkauskas at statestreet.com >
wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Primarily because the e-mails I have seen appear to be in favor of
the
> > > exclusion of mopeds or scooters rather than suggesting that they
could
> > > coexist with bikes....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  ________________________________
> > >
> > >
> > > From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > >
> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]
> > > On Behalf Of ThoM3 at aol.com
> > >  Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:42 PM
> > >  To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > >  Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > and why do you think it would not be well recieved at Critical
Mass?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:39:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > JAZarkauskas at StateStreet.com writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > I feel that if we continue to seek more laws to protect us, we
likely
> end up
> > > with more laws that will exclude us as well. Every day, law
abiding,
> safe
> > > drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians have accidents with other law
> abiding,
> > > safe drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. I'm sure we could reduce
these
> > > accidents by introducing more laws to segregate us by modes of
> > > transportation and then by speed and then by size etc, etc.....
but the
> > > results may be less than desirable as bikes get relegated to bike
paths
> and
> > > lanes and prohibited from everyplace else....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If I had a moped or scooter, I would like to think that I could
ride it
> at a
> > > Critical Mass event. I doubt that would be well-accepted but why
not see
> it
> > > as an improvement over other modes of transportation as opposed to
an
> > > affront to the bicyclist?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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