Comments on: Take action for safer streets: ride http://westnorth.com/2005/11/23/take-action-for-safer-streets/ an irregular view on cities Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Link dump « west north http://westnorth.com/2005/11/23/take-action-for-safer-streets/#comment-16227 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:27:59 +0000 http://paytonc.wordpress.com/2005/11/23/take-action-for-safer-streets/#comment-16227 [...] A new study of the “virtuous cycle: safety in numbers” [blogged here in 2005] hypothesis has been issued by an Australian [...]

]]> By: daniel http://westnorth.com/2005/11/23/take-action-for-safer-streets/#comment-31 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:11:21 +0000 http://paytonc.wordpress.com/2005/11/23/take-action-for-safer-streets/#comment-31 I agree. Engendering improvement in the quality of the ‘cycle-life’requires a degree of work and sacrifice. Even in the balmiest and most progressive of cities, it still falls in with the realm of activism.

I was thinking today, as I struggled through no-visibility rush-hour traffic, that a lot of the urban biking experience involves (perhaps unwittingly) educating drivers about your existence and rights. Defensive riding makes a statement. And it’s a bitch. But it’s worth the struggle.

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