There have been some in Lake Worth who want us all to ride bikes. We even built bike paths and have spent a hundred thousand bucks. We have one guy on a major board who even suggested that we ban cars from parking at our beach and people either ride bikes, walk or take public transit to get to our beach park. Even though these few people say that they want to "move forward" and celebrate the next 100 years and grow the city (although we are built out other than the Park of Commerce), they would prefer that we fall back a century and literally stand still. No wonder we are confused here.
But one town in this country thinks the way that they do and actually does ban cars. "Visitors to this island have described the experience as like going back in time to a bygone era, one before the constant din of traffic and vehicle exhaust became a part of daily life in America."
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that other blogger I presume? a planner? someone who rides a bike all over the place and wants everyone else to do it too? that person? i guess it would work in a small town but ours is 35,000 people and 6 square miles. i can see it now with all those people huffing and puffing as they ride their bikes over the Lake Worth bridge. too funny to think about.
I get really mad at bikers who don't follow the laws. Riding on sidewalks as an example. One of these days someone will get seriously hurt. They should be ticketed just like someone driving a car on the sidewalk.
Lynn, you do like to distort issues. Did not McVoy, Jennings, Golden and Mulvehill push for bike lanes all over town. We have in the archives a discussion proving this.
There is nothing wrong with bike lanes, anonymous--NO DISTORTION HERE. Making the beach a walkable park all the way from the downtown is. No one advocated for that other than you know who. OK? Get it?
Lynn,
I don't understand your point this story. Mackinack Island is actually a heavily visited and prosperous community, so it seems the ban on cars has done very well for that community. But your writing seems to be against the idea. So are you in favor of more biking and less automobiling or are you against it? Looks like the concept is working out pretty well for Mackinack. And hey, who knows, what we are doing now certainly isn't working, so why not try something new.
Actually it works well because Mackinack is a SMALL resort LITTLE ISLAND that inhabits 492 people.
The main gist of my first paragraph was to poke the planner. It would never work in our city. It would totally end business and progress.
mackinac is another fine example of a low rise town
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