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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:00 AM Original message |
Obama Bicycle Policy Wins Love From Cyclists, Scorn From Trucking Industry |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. If forced to make a choice as whom to side with, I'd opt for "truckers" every damn time ... |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ummm maybe you didn't read the article. It says La Hood is encouraging bike lanes |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. LOL, I forgot to add ... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Who's against this is truckers, not car drivers |
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Fruittree (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. I believe you mis-read... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Who needs 43,000 pounds of anything? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. What a great idea to "green" our transportation choices as they have in parts of Europe. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Move a sofa from Manhattan to Queens on a bicycle and get back to me |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's when you hire an electric truck. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Got a link to that service? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Not yet. It's a perfect example of a market opportunity that'll exist as |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Seriously? From where in Manhattan to where in Queens? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think you may have gotten the point, but then you turned facetious |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Excuse me? I wasn't being facetious. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. I love this! Rec'd. nt |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. It starts with sidewalks |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I can ride from one end of my city to the other mostly on sidewalks. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's a good start |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. we can ride on the sidewalks here too, thank goodness and |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Get off the sidewalk and into the street. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No way and I know from experience that I am far safer riding on the sidewalk. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. You're right and keep doing what you're doing. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Busy streets without a bike lane are an accident waiting to happen for bikers. |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Why? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. We don't even have sidewalks in much of my neighborhood |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. My brother bikes 60 miles a day. His doctor told him he has a resting heart beat of a triathlete |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. What I Find Kind Of Interesting Is Just As China Is Moving Into It's Own With Cars......... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. We're not really moving to bicycles |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. That's why you can stand in the middle of downtown Beijing and not be able to SEE downtown Beijing. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. 'One congressman suggested LaHood was on drugs.' |
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MatthewStLouis (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Fewer people on the highways = less traffic congestion |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. GOD FORBID we make it easier for people to get around without |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. good news - hope the truck barons don't have enough money to |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
16. Time to buy, invest in rickshaws and learn to weld. n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. They need to encourage more transport of goods via rails. |
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TEXASYANKEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. This can't happen soon enough. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. i thought less cars and SUVs on the street was GOOD for truckers |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's Obama, so it's always bad. n/t |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. White working class Americans...gipped by the man who only looks out for White elites. |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Tired of which? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thank you... |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. If cost is a concern, . . . |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Oh my god...you're a god send. |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. You are very welcome. |
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liskddksil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Mr. Lahood, the Republican, is probably my favorite in the cabinet.. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. He was at a gathering at an Amtrak station in Rochester with |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. I like him as well. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. Talk is cheap. Show me the beef. So to speak. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. Perfect example of "I want it all" philosophy. What is wrong with sharing what is there? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. a weekend bicyclist is not commuting by bike - he's using infrastructure for leisure for free. |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I live in Chicago and since gas prices went up lots and lots of people use bike lane |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Please. Are recreational drivers to be banned from public roads... |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. So public roads are only to be used to go to work and back home, but no where else? |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
52. Bixi bikes are coming to a major city near you.... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
54. i wish i had more ability to ride my bike without worrying about getting hit by a car. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
56. I'm still waiting for the passenger trains to stop here in Reading, PA again... |
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