Filed under: Bicycles, Missouri, St. Louis, Transit | Tags: Bicycles, Missouri, St. Louis, Transit
We bike guys (I owned one, before I started looking like a bear in a circus when I rode it) own the high moral ground. Never mind that we don’t pay gasoline taxes to build roads. We don’t pollute. We are close to nature. Our lungs are pure, our calves are firm, we look good in day-glo Spandex, and we have the same right to the roads as you.
And Reilly’s response:
My word, this portly pundit has shown his penchant for gross generalizations and… the firm calves of cyclists. But with respect to the former, the rotund writer fails to acknowledge the other 85 percent of cyclists who fall outside his stereotypical misconception: children riding to school, adults commuting to work, underserved populations with no transportation alternatives, etc.
I wonder if cyclists stereotype newspaper columnists as grumpy, overweight, old white men with an ax to grind with this radical, changing world.
The only thing I would add is that bicyclist are not just guys. We’re also gals.
Meghan, Samantha and Me: Bike Gals
I volunteered for DC Bike to Work Day. I got up at 6am and made my way down to Freedom Plaza to help set up for the rally and festival. I never bothered going to the Bike to Work Day rallies. I ride my bike almost everyday, going to a rally seemed more of a detour. But after experiencing B2WD 2009, I’m going back every year.
It was a huge success. I got a whole lot of good, free swag: the free T-shirt (size small!), biking socks & arm warmers, leg straps, lip balm and postcards (I love postcards). I saw a bunch of my Chain Gange DC friends. But the primary reason for the event’s success is that I chatted with a few Transportation for America employees and got my resume into their hands.
Yesterday I applied for T4America’s Field Director position and I am perfect for this job. I’m a transportation policy geek and a skilled political organizer with tons of federal issue campaign experience. I’ve have colleagues at several organizations that are also T4America partners who are passing my application to their T4America contacts.
Keep your fingers crossed!
