Here is my superstition: When you focus on creating more good things, you get more good things; When you focus on solving problems, you get more problems. —Jing Zhang, May ITE Journal, “member to member”
As we develop a national bicycle policy promoting the most sustainable form of transportation imaginable, we’ll do well listening to experienced cyclists and educators. It is tempting to fit new knowledge around what we think we already know. With cycling it helps to see things directly from the cycling perspective, and this changes our outlook.
References and Resources:
The video is from CyclingSavvy, founders of the American Bicycling Education Association (ABEA). Subscribe for free to their newsletter for “empowerment for unlimited travel”. https://cyclingsavvy.org/cycling-law/
Here is a guide for improving the conditions for walking and cycling, published and recently updated by transportation leaders from our government and private sector: https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped_focus/docs/fhwasa17050.pdf
For more specific measures to improve mobility safety, see https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/provencountermeasures/
Traffic safety involves complex causality, but speed is a primary factor. This study by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) includes recommendations for planners, engineers and various government agencies. https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Pages/SS1701.aspx
May’s ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Journal is dedicated to “Making Active Transportation Safe” http://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/ITE/G93877_ITE_May2018/
Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor. —Paul Hawken quoted in “The Artist’s Way”, by Julia Cameron
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