... I got into a discussion about a similar issue with a friend at work a few days ago. We were discussing what we'd do if we won the lottery (the jackpot for...
... Then why waste your time stating it's "not a bicyclist-specific issue?" I already SAID that it wasn't vehicle-specific, so I CERTAINLY wasn't calling it...
... I think you are bogging down in some semantics here. ... The gist of my response is: You are wrong by saying it is of equal importance to bicyclists and...
Chris H. Lundberg wrote that he chooses the mode of travel according to the time required by the various modes. If the trip will require 30 minutes or more, he...
A few years back, there was a similar discussion on this subject on this list. At the time, my views were much like Chris Lundberg's. Why compare cyclists and...
... time. I assume the 1993 John Hopkins study attempts to, at least partially, address these issues by including a "per 100 million trips" exposure...
... than time. In the Yellow Pages for my area, there are about 50 dentists listed; the closest is about 2 blocks from my home and across the street from my...
I suspect this is website of what 1993 Johns Hopkins study used to get exposure measures http://npts.ornl.gov/npts/1990/index.html ... is ... obtain ... the ...
My name has been accepted for the LAB ballot for director from the Western States in the March 2006 election. My campaign statements are on my website,...
... I have no problem with that. MY problem was your demand that I not characterize it as "bicyclist advocacy." Disagree with me all you want, but don't tell...
... Could NC have done essentially the same thing by inserting the word "motor" in front of "vehicle" in section (a)? Or are there other nonmotorized vehicles...
Possibly Chris H. Lundberg had read the discussion I provided a few years ago, but possibly on the transport-policy list. He wrote: "In the Yellow Pages for my...
... Did you sometimes/often cycle to your appointments when they were local? Do you cycle to your dental appointments more or less often now that they're 12...
Michael Graff wrote: ""Bikeways" is the generic term for all types: bike paths, bike lanes, bike routes." Yes, when built in accordance with the AASHTO...
The first dentist I contacted when I moved here was within walking distance, and I walked. I have not cycled to the dentist whom I use now, 12 miles away by ...
... Argyle Street is one place on the face of the planet. We are not having an Argyle Street discussion. We are having a discussion about whether promoting ...
http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4153 : "... the life years gained due to the health and fitness benefits of cycling outweighed the life-years...
Michael Wilson described his purpose in reading this list: "I have no policy or vc advocacy experience. I am on this list in the hopes of lending my support...
Ken O'Brien writes: Traffic flow accordioning a little to wait for an opening to overtake is not traffic "stacking up". ... Another communications failure on...
Mike Wilson
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Feb 2, 2006 6:13 pm
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... This anecdote seems to support the "per trip" or "per hour" metric for risk assessment, doesn't it? The distance seems to affect the choice of mode. Your...
Thanks Ken for the link. It claims bicycle passenger miles to be about 0.1 percent of "car" passenger miles (they separate out pickup trucks etc and I sort of...
Mike Wilson
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Feb 2, 2006 10:01 pm
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... True... but given the number of roads I've seen that fit the same general format (Argyle just happens to be the one I use most often, and even then avoid...
... old schtick! This incessant bickering has gone on for too long...and I'm probably NOT the only one here skipping over messages because of it. <<< I'll...
Effective Monday Feb 6, postings related to the ongoing debate involving the current issues, which for simplicity I will call the "Ken O'Brien" advocacy...
KOB wrote: "How do you manage to find all these roads where you have no option as a bicyclist to do better than the motorists in a serious jam - but I have...
If John Forester's recent letter to Mr Wilson isn't his campaign document, it should be. On the whole, as it stands by itself, and if I didn't know who wrote ...
exposure hours vs exposure miles? Is either estimate ... I haven't looked at them yet....
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Feb 3, 2006 8:20 pm
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John Forester writes: I think that your fear of prohibition was more justified some twenty years ago than it is today. ... It appears to me that bridge access,...
