Be Civil. Please.

Posted by James on August 1st, 2008 filed in Events, Urban, commuting

“After years of federal and local spending on bike routes and other amenities, most cities are ready to handle more cyclists. But many motorists simply don’t see their two-wheeled brethren or, when they do, find them aggravating. Managing more cyclists is going to take more than new bike paths or fresh stripes on the roads. It looks as though there is a need, on both sides, for a revolution in manners.”

An excerpt from another article about how the skyrocketing popularity of bicycling being fueled by high gas prices is causing problems, this time from the Economist. Includes a number of examples of the problems associated with the bicycle’s new found popularity, and in classic Economist style, it’s fair and balanced.