Comments on: The Culture of Cycling in Flagstaff: A 10‑Year Boom

By: Jeff Gardner

Jeff Gardner — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:12:13 +0000

Dr.Blair. Depending on govt infrastructure to provide the definition of ‘bicycle friendly community’ is a low-percentage move. We all know of many more places where local govt does pretty well but the people are unappreciative or clueless. The ‘community’ is people, not the bureaucratic fiefdom. The experience of cycling is our own, not what All the Unenlightened King’s Men say it should be.

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:45:08 +0000

You go right ahead and be disagreeable, Dr. Blair. I have my specific gripes about Flagstaff’s cycling infrastructure as well.

Imagine what this town would be like without the work of cycling advocates over the last ten years. There are plenty of choke points in the bike-specific infrastructure. And locals who know the system — warts and all — can either grouse about it, or they can work toward improving it. So I hope you take your disagreeablity to FBO and to City Hall.

I was recently in a town in Virginia that couldn’t have been a more stark contrast to Flagstaff — in a bad way. If you spend some time in the ultra-car-oriented parts of this country (and maybe you have), you’ll understand why Flagstaff is way above the national average for trips made by bike and on foot.

By: Allan Blair

Allan Blair — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:13:18 +0000

I hate to be disagreeable, but having been a bicycling enthusiast for about 50 years, I think I know a little about bicycle friendly communities. A place where bike lanes just end with no indication of where to go next, and where bike lanes move to the sidewalk with no warning is not really bicycle friendly. I challenge anybody but a knowledgable local to ride west on Butler through the Enterprise (now Ponderosa) intersection without breaking traffic laws and/or endangering himself.

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:04:51 +0000

There are worse things than not being ingratiated into the cool group.

Keith Earickson (who occasionally guest blogs here) says, “Cool People are the worst kind of people.”

I tend to agree.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:21:20 +0000

I thought you were a cool kid! Now I’m finding out your not?! I feel a bit mislead Ted. Oh, well, I was impressed to see you quoted in Mountain Living. BTW, I also saw you last night in the FBO promo film at Clips of Faith, where all the cool kids were last night.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:00:35 +0000

Ted, you are always welcome to sit at us nerdy kids’ table in the lunchroom.

xxxooo

-Anthony & Dave