[*BCM*] Bike Share program

[rob levy]

Sorry: that would be Portland, Oregon.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com> wrote:

> A friend once told me that she felt a lot safer riding in Boston than in
> Portland (and she was not insane), roughly 7 years ago. There are (and were)
> several orders more bicyclists in Portland than in Boston, so that at least
> anecdotally shows that motorist culture and bike-riders' influence on it may
> be indifferent to the number of bikes on the road considered in a vacuum.
> The safety of Boston biking conditions probably has a lot to do with the
> lowered expectations that bicyclists have of drivers' behavior on the road
> in this city.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Eric A Stratton <
> eric.alexander.stratton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greg,
>>
>> While I certainly wouldn't object to more cycling infrastructure, I think
>> that the bike share program can help us get there. The more cyclists on the
>> road, the more accustomed motorists will become to seeing them. Ideally the
>> bike sharing program will help us (cyclists) be EVERYWHERE. In doing so the
>> demand for infrastructure will grow. With all of these bikes on the road,
>> another result I'd look forward to is that traffic will hopefully  have to
>> slow down, increasing the safety for everyone (cyclists, pedestrians, other
>> motorists). Again, while I welcome bike infrastructure, I think the bike
>> share program will help us make the argument for it.
>>
>> -E
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Greg Jenkins wrote:
>>
>> Hey Tom,
>> I think it would be a wonderful program. My only concern is that, as
>> Boston stands now, it's not a very bike friendly city. Unless more bike
>> lanes are put in I'm not sure a whole lot of people would feel safe enough
>> riding them around to use the shared bikes. I'd hate to see the progam
>> implimented and then fail over something as simple as a lack of safe riding
>> space.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:42 PM, <thom3 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi I am writing an article on the bike share program and was interested
>>> in hearing what some of you thought about the program.
>>>
>>> Please contact me directly as I am sure those on this list will prefer
>>> not to get out back and forth,
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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