Re: Gas prices and an increase in cycling?

On May 15, 11:32 am, JCrowe <bongof...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Matt O'Toole wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 May 2008 18:53:12 -0700, Bob wrote:

>     I am seeing more adults riding in neighborhoods and on running/bike
> paths...not so much on the roads where I ride. There is a fear factor
> involved here, I believe. High speed auto traffic and bicycles are a mix
> that's daunting for many folks, and in suburban areas, which is where a
> significant part of the local population resides, there are a lot of
> neighborhoods connected by highspeed arteries. Out here in the burbs,
> there are no safely accessible places to shop by bicycle either.

Yep, the burbs were built to be inhabited by car people.  But maybe
the can be reclaimed by humans in the post petroleum era.