Comments on: The Cyclist’s Manifesto http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/04/the-cyclists-manifesto/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/04/the-cyclists-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2560 Andy Cline Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:07:15 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1124#comment-2560 Kevin... I'm planning on making a trip to the Netherlands in 2010. I'm looking forward to seeing all of this for myself. Thanks for the links! I always enjoy David Hembrow's videos. Kevin… I’m planning on making a trip to the Netherlands in 2010. I’m looking forward to seeing all of this for myself. Thanks for the links! I always enjoy David Hembrow’s videos.

]]> By: Kevin Love http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/04/the-cyclists-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2542 Kevin Love Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:26:06 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1124#comment-2542 My test for transportation infrastructure is this: "Am I OK with my 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son cycling here?" If the answer is "no," then the infrastructure fails and needs to be fixed. When I was in Holland, the infrastructure always passed this test. I saw almost all children cycling to school and this was perfectly normal and expected. Unfortunately, in all-too-many parts of the USA, the transportation infrastructure fails this test. In Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran, girls are forbidden by law from being on the street without their parents or older brother escorting them. Many parts of the USA are just like these Muslim countries - teenage girls have no way of getting around without their parents or older siblings driving them. Take a look at this video of Dutch children going to school at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=NL&hl=nl&v=2n_znwWroGM&feature=channel And at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTzfEWzDpVw&feature=channel My test for transportation infrastructure is this: “Am I OK with my 12-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son cycling here?”

If the answer is “no,” then the infrastructure fails and needs to be fixed.

When I was in Holland, the infrastructure always passed this test. I saw almost all children cycling to school and this was perfectly normal and expected.

Unfortunately, in all-too-many parts of the USA, the transportation infrastructure fails this test. In Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran, girls are forbidden by law from being on the street without their parents or older brother escorting them. Many parts of the USA are just like these Muslim countries – teenage girls have no way of getting around without their parents or older siblings driving them.

Take a look at this video of Dutch children going to school at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=NL&hl=nl&v=2n_znwWroGM&feature=channel

And at:

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/04/the-cyclists-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Andy Cline Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:14:17 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1124#comment-2541 Karl... Yes. Hurst is interesting and fun if you like feisty writers. I'm reading Jeff Mapes' book now. Will review it in a few days. Karl… Yes. Hurst is interesting and fun if you like feisty writers. I’m reading Jeff Mapes’ book now. Will review it in a few days.

]]> By: Karl McCracken (twitter: @KarlOnSea) http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/04/the-cyclists-manifesto/comment-page-1/#comment-2540 Karl McCracken (twitter: @KarlOnSea) Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:31:55 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1124#comment-2540 Looks like a great read - available in the UK from 30th June</A> - just in time for summer holiday reading! Looks like a great read – available in the UK from 30th June – just in time for summer holiday reading!

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