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10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Fearing bad winter, Bo... · 1 reply · -9 points

This has nothing to do with how nonprofits actually work. The board has no salary, it's all volunteer, and nonprofits are required to show a certain amount of public support and public good done for the funds they take in. They have to file tax forms which are public record. If they were getting rich off this they'd lose their 501(c)3 status.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Fearing bad winter, Bo... · 0 replies · -5 points

I always wear a helmet, always use lights (generator lights rock, you never have to think about them), and could still get creamed by a car tomorrow - god forbid. Helmets & lights will not protect me from careless morons texting while they drive. That is the reason for protected lanes, as you yourself seem to admit since you call riding at night suicidal. Why not change things so it's NOT suicidal? The planet and your fellow drivers (who have more room due to those biking taking less space) will thank you.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Fearing bad winter, Bo... · 0 replies · -1 points

I repeat: TAB is not a paid position.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Fearing bad winter, Bo... · 2 replies · +58 points

nah. Translation: The city manager is making us do it, and this is the only excuse we could come up with that didn't have her name on it.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Fearing bad winter, Bo... · 0 replies · +18 points

TAB is not a paid position.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bob Greenlee: Should o... · 1 reply · -7 points

I would love to see cyclist training starting in grade school, as they do in the Netherlands.
I would also love to see more driver training about how to drive safely around cyclists.
The canals are not relevant to transportation in Amsterdam unless you're interested in how many stolen bikes the homeless throw in the canals. (Lots.)

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bob Greenlee: Should o... · 0 replies · -12 points

Actually I have biked in Amsterdam, starting at the airport and heading out to Amstelveen, and farther out to Utrecht, and eventually to the Venlo train station. Visiting (and riding with) my sweetie's friends. I was about the only person I saw wearing a helmet - I used it as my "watch out, I'm not from here and don't know what I'm doing" symbol. But I don't need to argue with anecdotal evidence; the link I posted above states US helmet use rates are far above Amsterdam's. In the city, things are slower than most US streets, but I am not the world's speediest cyclist and I can tell you they were well above 5 MPH because I had to work to keep up.

I'm not anti-helmet; I always wear one. **My point is that helmets are not a panacea nor a substitute for adequate infrastructure**. Which I agree may have to look different here than is does there. Protected lanes are a true way to increase cyclist safety. The following links have a wealth of information on the topic.
http://www.peopleforbikes.org/statistics/category... http://cyclingincities.spph.ubc.ca/injuries/the-b...

Greenlee was implying that helmets are more important than safe infrastructure, and the studies refute that.

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bob Greenlee: Should o... · 5 replies · -50 points

Helmets do not equal safety. Proper infrastructure equals safety. In Amsterdam no one wears helmets and they have proper infrastructure, and their injury rates are far below US rates.
https://www.aaafoundation.org/sites/default/files...

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder kicks off comp... · 0 replies · +1 points

http://www.shareable.net/blog/11-tiny-house-villa...

10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bob Herrmann: Right-si... · 0 replies · 0 points

Council members don't have dedicated parking spots. As per a member of TAB who checked on it when I mentioned this letter.

Just FYI, I have seen Young and Cowles bike to council meetings, and Jones bike to her day job.

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