Comments on: Ideas to promote cycling

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:48:56 +0000

Promote more bicycle use. Hope for even higher gas prices!

By: jason

jason — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:48:39 +0000

I recently spent $100 of my own money to hand out LBS gift cards to all of the bike commuters at my company. LBS kicked in $40. I spent my own money because of my company’s lack of interest in a healthy work force. Don’t get me started.
I figured this was a better idea than telling people to stop driving “Get off the F@#$&*! road”
Maybe people will get tired of yelling when they have to pass a bike every block or two.

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:13:28 +0000

What about promoting a car-free day or a ciclovia once a month for a few hours.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:10:19 +0000

Zoning and building construction permits for businesses should require the installation of approved devices to which bikes can be locked. The number of new buildings (and, of course old ones) with no facilities to lock bikes is amazing. Some bike shops don’t even have them.

By: Ed W

Ed W — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:01:22 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Fritz! Actually, I got it from http://100ideasok.blogspot.com/ where the state is soliciting idea to improve Oklahoma. There’s a name for these idea-spawning exercises but it escapes me just now. Regardless, there are no bad ideas or stupid ideas when you’re doing something like this, because even an idiotic one can provide the spark for someone’s better idea. And if you’ve read CycleDog, you’ll know that I’m hardly afraid of idiotic ideas!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:18:36 +0000

huphtur,

In some states it is not against the law to ride on the sidewalk, and due to the lack of information goven to motorists it is sometimes the only sane place to ride. Texas is one such state, and there are some roads in Collin county that, unfortunately, you would be insane to ride on without hopping on the sidewalk.

By: James Fellrath

James Fellrath — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:15:45 +0000

This summer, Columbus started providing bike corrals for parking at our series of downtown festivals.

This calls attention to the idea that bikes can be ridden downtown instead of driving cars. It also keeps the bikes out of the way of harm and/or theft, and also keeps them centrally located and not chained to everything in sight due to a dearth of bike racks.

By: huphtur

huphtur — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:54:17 +0000

* Public Service Announcements on TV (preferably by Mayor, Chief of Police) to let people know that bikes belong on the road and not on the sidewalk.
* Police need to start handing out tickets to people who ride bikes on the sidewalk.