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"The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has created "Cities for Cycling". The goal is to to catalog, promote and implement the world's best bicycle transportation practices in American municipalities. They take inspiration from the most bike-friendly cities in the US and around the world and try to package that information in a way that is easy to use for the urban planners and engineers of other cities that might not have much experience building quality bike infrastructure.
"Cities for Cycling" Wants Cities to Share Biking Best-Practices
Seeded on Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:54 PM EDT
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No Need to Reinvent the Wheel
I think it's a fantastic idea! Why re-invent the wheel and wait for every city to figure out how to best accomodate cyclist via trial-and-error? We don't have that much time. It's best to all work together to expedite the process and learn from each other.The same thing should be done in all kinds of areas: Sharing best-practices on green roofs, public transit, walkable neighborhood, etc.
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#1 - Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:02 PM EDTWell, I for one am glad to see that finally someone spoke up about bicycling. At one time bicycling was the hub of our intracity transportation chain.
Unfortunately, many city councils have put the brakes on movements such as this and derailled any bills in support of them.
(Okay, 5 puns is enough...)
Seriously though, we could reduce obesity, increase life expectancy, reduce health care costs, reduce our use of oil, and all in all just have a better outlook on life if bicycles were pushed back to the front of the pack in mainstream transportation considerations. I'm glad that cities are finally looking to havens such as Portland and Minneapolis for ideas on how to better accomodate bicyclists , which actually end up SAVING the city money by reducing the amount of wear and tear on the roads.
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Seriously though, we could reduce obesity, increase life expectancy, reduce health care costs, reduce our use of oil, and all in all just have a better outlook on life if bicycles were pushed back to the front of the pack in mainstream transportation considerations. I'm glad that cities are finally looking to havens such as Portland and Minneapolis for ideas on how to better accomodate bicyclists , which actually end up SAVING the city money by reducing the amount of wear and tear on the roads.
Exactly-- I agree with everyhting you've said.
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