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On the contrary, based on accident and injury statistics, the safest option would to not have cars at all. Oh, and please put the cell phone down before you have another french fry! Bikes are the least of a drivers problem or distractions. Let's remember that many cyclists also drive automobiles.
This is not an either/or issue. This culture war is manufactured and I am not sure of the motivation. Possibly based on guilt but I am not a postion to judge. I have not heard a cyclist define cycling as a moral imperative. We have enough things that attempt to divide us. Let's not make transaportation alternative be one of them.
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on Bike Plan 2030
Good discussion. What this leads us to is a need to have a realistic look at our transportation infrastruture needs in the future without looking at how things have been done in the past. With the community issues of climate change, childhood obestity, peak oil and other environmental/social concerns, old solutions will not suffice. In addition, old ideas (car centric development, baby boomers not biking) need to be challeged. We have an unsustainable model in place and we need to look at the solutions through a new lense.
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