Comments on: The Two-Wheel Solution http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/05/the-two-wheel-solution/ A blog on cities, design, planning and sustainable development, featuring work by Jesse Fox and others. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:40:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: gal http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/05/the-two-wheel-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-14271 gal Fri, 21 May 2010 18:35:49 +0000 http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/?p=1929#comment-14271 Andrew - It's been almost a year since you posted and it must have been some forty years ago when you lived here if you remember Tel Aviv as "one of the most friendly biking cities in the world." Painting bicycle logos on pedestrian sidewalks is not building bicycle lanes. For you to get angry that cyclists "encroach" on drivers' space and insist that they should do so to pedestrians is ridiculous. Pedestrians deserve broad, safe, spaces to walk and wander without the fear of a cyclist taking them down - just as cyclists deserve safe, flat, paved surfaces to commute on without the fear that a taxi driver with a 200 horse-powered piece of steel end their life. In the city, on the bottom of the list of people that deserve space are those who pollute our lungs and ears. Dedicated, segregated, bike lanes now! PS to Sir Blogger - seeing the words 'Sustainable City' juxtaposed over a picture of the central bus station literally made me laugh out loud. That thing should be demolished with haste. Andrew –
It’s been almost a year since you posted and it must have been some forty years ago when you lived here if you remember Tel Aviv as “one of the most friendly biking cities in the world.”
Painting bicycle logos on pedestrian sidewalks is not building bicycle lanes.
For you to get angry that cyclists “encroach” on drivers’ space and insist that they should do so to pedestrians is ridiculous.

Pedestrians deserve broad, safe, spaces to walk and wander without the fear of a cyclist taking them down – just as cyclists deserve safe, flat, paved surfaces to commute on without the fear that a taxi driver with a 200 horse-powered piece of steel end their life. In the city, on the bottom of the list of people that deserve space are those who pollute our lungs and ears.
Dedicated, segregated, bike lanes now!

PS to Sir Blogger – seeing the words ‘Sustainable City’ juxtaposed over a picture of the central bus station literally made me laugh out loud. That thing should be demolished with haste.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/2009/05/the-two-wheel-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-7906 Andrew Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:46:39 +0000 http://www.sustainablecityblog.com/?p=1929#comment-7906 I came across your website while looking at tel aviv pics on google images. I lived in tel aviv for four years and biked over 4000 miles in the city. I have to tell you that I get so pissed when I see people biking on the street. Just use the sidewalks. The sidewalks on IBN Gvirol, Ben Yehuda, and Hayarkon, Rothschild and anyone of a number of routes are amazing for biking. Tel Aviv is probably one of the most friendly biking cities in the world. I see in your picture on this website you are biking on a sidewalk, why do you need a dedicated lane? Now what should the 7 million sheckels go towards? whatever it is, it shouldn't be for dedicated biking lanes on the street. I came across your website while looking at tel aviv pics on google images. I lived in tel aviv for four years and biked over 4000 miles in the city. I have to tell you that I get so pissed when I see people biking on the street. Just use the sidewalks. The sidewalks on IBN Gvirol, Ben Yehuda, and Hayarkon, Rothschild and anyone of a number of routes are amazing for biking. Tel Aviv is probably one of the most friendly biking cities in the world. I see in your picture on this website you are biking on a sidewalk, why do you need a dedicated lane? Now what should the 7 million sheckels go towards? whatever it is, it shouldn’t be for dedicated biking lanes on the street.

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