Comments on: Life with gasoline at $20 a gallon http://www.nextstopstl.org/779/life-at-gasoline-for-20-a-gallon/ A Conversation About Transit Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:26:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bikesRbest http://www.nextstopstl.org/779/life-at-gasoline-for-20-a-gallon/comment-page-1/#comment-140 bikesRbest Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:18:48 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=779#comment-140 Higher gas prices mean higher operating costs for MetroLink. Too bad Metro has worked against the best, healthiest and least expensive option, bike paths along the Extension. In Amsterdam, nearly 60 percent of all trips are made on bicycles. More than 38 percent of residents use them daily to get to work edging out motorists as the most populous commuting crowd. The city’s bike-friendly planning has put two-wheelers at the top of the transportation pecking order. “It’s the quickest way to move around in the city, even more than a car or public transit,” said Ria Hilhorst, top bike planner for Amsterdam’s Dienst Infrastructuur ... no kidding. We are wasting our time and precious dollars until our pecking order is supportive of sustainable, healthy and inexpensive alternatives. Amsterdam is 90 percent “bike friendly,” according to Hilhorst, boasting a whopping 400 kilometers of protected bike lanes — not merely painted lines as in Brooklyn, but dedicated, shielded space for cyclists. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/28/32_28_amst_bikes.html Higher gas prices mean higher operating costs for MetroLink. Too bad Metro has worked against the best, healthiest and least expensive option, bike paths along the Extension.

In Amsterdam, nearly 60 percent of all trips are made on bicycles. More than 38 percent of residents use them daily to get to work edging out motorists as the most populous commuting crowd. The city’s bike-friendly planning has put two-wheelers at the top of the transportation pecking order.

“It’s the quickest way to move around in the city, even more than a car or public transit,” said Ria Hilhorst, top bike planner for Amsterdam’s Dienst Infrastructuur … no kidding. We are wasting our time and precious dollars until our pecking order is supportive of sustainable, healthy and inexpensive alternatives.

Amsterdam is 90 percent “bike friendly,” according to Hilhorst, boasting a whopping 400 kilometers of protected bike lanes — not merely painted lines as in Brooklyn, but dedicated, shielded space for cyclists.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/28/32_28_amst_bikes.html

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