[sustran] New York lagging behind

[Pascal van den Noort]

But is New York seriously lagging behind European cities?

See:
http://velomondial.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-and-league-of-american.html

 

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Van: Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory [mailto:edelman at greenidea.eu] 
Verzonden: maandag 19 november 2007 14:21
Aan: WCN list; SFBIKE List List; communication at bikeleague.org;
bill at bikeleague.org; Elizabeth Falvy; Sustran Resource Centre
Onderwerp: [carfree_network] Re: Re: Re: 'Amsterdam most bicycle-friendly
city'

 

jane. wrote: 

how was this list of the world's most bicycle-friendly cities when it
included only two (three? i don't have the link at the moment) continents?
certainly there are cities in asia (and other places) that are more
bike-friendly?

Good question, Jane.

>From the original article
<http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/11/bicycle_friendly.htm>
<http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/11/bicycle_friendly.htm>

there was a link to Virgin Vacations...

 <http://www.virgin-vacations.com/site_vv/11-most-bike-friendly-cities.asp>
<http://www.virgin-vacations.com/site_vv/11-most-bike-friendly-cities.asp>

So we can assume that Virgin has airplanes, spaceships
<http://www.virgingalactic.com/flash.html>
<http://www.virgingalactic.com/flash.html>, etc to these cities. It is being
used to promote their products, and last time I checked there is a nothing
environmentally-friendly (at least) about flying somewhere in order to ride
your bike. But of course they also fly to Bogota and other cities where
bicycling has recently increased in quality and quantity in a big way...

The Virgin winners were based on criteria from the League of American
Bicyclists  <http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/>
<http://www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/>

Western bias? Perhaps...

- T







"Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory"  <mailto:edelman at greenidea.eu>
<edelman at greenidea.eu> wrote: 

Pascal van den Noort wrote:
> Have a look:
> http://velomondial.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html
> Will be continued.
>
> Pascal J.W. van den Noort
> Executive Director Velo Mondial
>
> 
GO, Pascal! Amsterdam is also one of the few European capitals where 
pet dogs go free on public transport (unless of course they take a seat, 
in which case a reduced fare must be paid....)

"Man's Best Friend": Dog
"Man's Favourite Invention": Bicycle

- T

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