Excellent

Not one to party poop but Denver is approx 2.7 million
.. so we'd get just below 24k if Melb were 4 million
no ..

Cheers
K2

--- Graham B <am7plus@...> wrote:

> This article reports on the huge increases in
> cycling in the US.
>
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0825/p01s01-usec.html>
>
> Bike on Bus boardings are up by over 100% in
> Houston, Texas.
> Bike riders are being 'bumped' from trains because
> racks are full in the
> San Francisco area, and in Denver (Co.) a population
> of a little over
> half a million has 35,000 riders turn up to ride to
> work day. Translate
> that Denver figure to Melbourne or Sydney and that
> would be over 200,000
> riders. Now there would be some 'traffic' to
> manage!
>
> If we adopted 'Idaho Rules' that would annoy the
> hell out of some
> motorists, but would in fact sanction what often
> happens, and thus free
> up police time to concentrate on other issues.
>
> Of course, there is always a thorn in the side of
> any good thing and
> this man has to be a prime candidate.
> He claims that because bikes take up road space that
> cars could more
> gainfully use, traffic is slower, spends time in
> jams and causes more
> pollution. Therefore bicycle riding causes
> pollution!
>
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919354756955249.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone>
>
> The response from riders has been predictable!
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham B
>
>