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@oboe, why do you think crossing with the pedestrian light will cause more fatalities. Do you think the early ped lights will kill pedestrians? Since many cyclists ignore lights anyway, how does it make things less safe?

@many, I agree that their is an image problem/fear/ignorance issue with bike lanes. I think you can lay out a logical and well-reasoned case - as Wells did - and still not change people's opinion. At that point, I'm sorry to say, you just have to make people take their medicine. If we waited for people to be comfortable with integrated schools before we integrated them, frankly, we'd still be waiting. I lived through integration (in 3rd grade they combined the two school districts in my town and made everyone bus all around town) and the white people in town were not happy about it. They fought the hell out of it, and it was only because a judge forced it on the town that it happened. And now no one cares and everyone goes to school together and it's fine. You can talk to people and reason with them for only so long. But once it's clear that their unreasonable, you just have to force it on them. That's what SDK is doing in New York. It's unfortunate, but some people have to dragged kicking and screaming into the future.

by David C on Mar 12, 2010 12:31 pm • link • report