tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post5873602646194328561..comments2008-07-13T20:01:31.817-04:00bike Jaxhttps://plus.google.com/106821954321021336261[email protected]Blogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post-29637249689796095132008-07-13T20:01:00.000-04:002008-07-13T20:01:00.000-04:00@ bike jax<BR/><BR/>This is a good concept. I think First Coast MPO is being very progressive in their actions but I also think we are missing the point. <BR/><BR/>We are worrying about the chicken before the egg is hatched. How can we get more people to ride their bikes TO work in the first place? I tried riding on Beach Blvd and University Blvd and I was just asking for an accident to happen. <BR/><BR/>I want to visit the Art Walk next month and I dont even know if the bus route has bike racks. The earliest bus I can catch is at 5:40 pm and reach the art walk at 7pm. That leaves me with less than two hours to hang out before the last bus at 8:30 departs. <BR/><BR/>I work at Gate Pkwy and Deerwood and it is absolutely crazy if I have to leave work at 5 and ride to the art walk 12 miles away, stick around for a few hours and ride back. <BR/><BR/>Lets forget about the art walk. I would like to show up for the Downtown Transit Enhancement meeting's evening session and I cant be there by 6pm. So, they have a meeting for pedestrians and cyclists safety and make it impossible for them to attend the meeting if they live south of JTB! <BR/><BR/>This has turned out to be an angry rant. As a disclaimer, I have not been abused by motorists lately. I am only trying to do normal things on my bicycle and the city's "planning" frustrates me. I could always drive my car and be everywhere on time but it is not about saving gas. It is about being healthy, reduce pollution and be independent from cars.<BR/><BR/>Public transportation modes are extremely efficient modes of burning gas and electricity and we should use it more. We should scrap those sky-trains-things and use that money to add more buses and routes. Maybe I should move to Portland OR where my tax dollars are spent in more alignment to my goals. OR maybe I should take a job in my company's Amsterdam office!Shekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888384739268821710[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post-48706261451873874722008-07-13T18:06:00.000-04:002008-07-13T18:06:00.000-04:00Have you heard or read that Gucci and Chanel both have luxury bikes now? I hear Madame Chanel loved the sport and bicycles, but today's brand seems so far removed from her philosophy, at least from my limited-knowledge perspective. Anywho.Wordnerdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441110723393273531[email protected]