BIKEPGH MESSAGE BOARD ARCHIVE

Mildly interesting. I was particularly struck by the comment about bicycles being an “other” urban vehicle but not commonly used because “dangers caused by cars make them infeasible for most people.” I don’t see myself as huge risk taker- I have a large respect for gravity, try to keep myself healthy in a variety of ways, and regularly cycle on shared roadways. So bikes are not dangerous, but cars are so much of a danger to everything else in a city (bikes, other cars, pedestrian, buildings) that everything and everyone else needs to recognize and be very aware of their presence.  I often think that riding in traffic is like running in a herd of large potentially dangerous animals (Buffalo?) - the danger level is actually not very high as long as everyone cooperates and gives each other space.

Most travel in the cities could be better accomplished with small cars with a low top speed with no real loss of convenience.   No reason to have personal vehicles that are 2 tons  and have a 100 mph top speed to get from, say., Lawrenceville to the south side.   Golf carts are about right, I think.