True. In our climate some are saying transit should be an essential
service. And many questions are being asked about how city council
views public transit. Is it a major, viable part of the city
transportation plan, or just disposable add-on?
Our shop has only seen a minor increase in bike sales due to the
strike. We've certainly had regular winter cyclists in maintaining
their bikes, but it looks like most 3-season cyclists are either just
riding their regular machines, or walking / driving / carpooling,
with non-cyclists just doing the latter.
I rarely use public transit, as I prefer to bike everywhere year-
round, including often towing a trailer (with stuff in it, not
kids). The strike's drawback for me is the excessive amount of motor
traffic, and motorists doing asinine, dangrous things like driving on
a separate, raised section of bike path to get around other traffic.
Mark (adding to the topic hijack)
On 21-Jan-09, at 10:58 AM, winter.snowy.rose@gmail.com wrote:
But not a transit strike when it's thirty below and snowy. If it's a challenge to get people on bikes in the spring and
summer, winter increases the difficulties. Let alone the increased
car traffic from people who feel that cars are now their only option! Chloé. Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
-----Original Message----- From: Matt mattface@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:54:59 To: The Think Tankthethinktank@bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Collective Insight
I think he thinks being inconvenienced is stupid, but when you're marketing transportation alternatives, a disruption to the status quo in the transportation industry can be a great opportunity for your cause. It wakes people up to how much they rely on public transportation, but also provides an opportunity for those of us who help empower individuals to take control of their transportation needs in economically and environmentally sustainable ways. We need public transit, and the people who work in transit deserve adequate compensation, but we also need personal transit, and hopefully bikes are starting to look a lot more appealing than cars to fill that need. A transit strike at the very least provides an opportunity to have that conversation.
On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Macho Philipovich wrote:
during our stupid transit strike
wait, you're interested in collectives, but you think workers self- organizing in their industry is stupid? or maybe i'm misunderstanding and you're saying the city/management is stupid, or the way it inconveniences people, or bureaucratic unions..? still, it would be nice to see more solidarity between different forms of workplace democracy.
macho
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