Comments on: Not a silver bullet, “We need silver buckshot”: Oil, American Power, and future of funding transportation http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/ Blog for bikeleague Thu, 23 May 2013 21:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Double Bedding · http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-33636 Double Bedding · Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:11:07 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-33636 the oil spill in mexico really affected the eco system around that area, it would take years to clean those mess *

]]> By: Darren http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-32950 Darren Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:23:49 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-32950 That’s right. With Complete Streets, there’s flexibility in the approach. The key is that the needs of all users of the transportation system are considered and provided for. I figured Raleigh Rider making more of a rhetorical point than a literally calling for context-blind transportation planning.

]]> By: MikeOnBike http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-32949 MikeOnBike Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:04 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-32949 A Complete Street does not necessarily have a bike lane. For example, it could be a Bike Boulevard which has diverters for through motor traffic, but allows bike traffic through.

Or it could be an ordinary residential street.

]]> By: Darren http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-32946 Darren Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:36:56 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-32946 Hi Raleigh Rider,

What you are calling for (a bike lane and a sidewalk with every new road construction project in the nation) is known as Complete Streets. The League works closely with the National Complete Streets Coalition and fully supports its policy goals.

]]> By: Raleigh Rider http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-32939 Raleigh Rider Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:08:26 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-32939 I think that the League should be front and center, speaking to the national media on the issue of the relation between the oil spill and transportation policy.

BP wouldn’t have drilled in such deep water if Americans weren’t driving big gas guzzling SUV’s.

If our roads were planned the way that European roads are planned i.e. with bike lanes, a LOT more Americans would ride for their short trips and commutes. But, auto-centric managers planned roads for cars only for the past forty years.

And, this spill is what we have to pay for it!!!!

I would like to see the League front and center in the national spotlight on this issue, demanding a bike lane and a sidewalk with every new road construction project in the nation.

NOW is the time. If not now, then when? Do we have to wait for the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to die, also, as a result of American car-centeredness?

]]> By: Oil Spills and Carbon Caps « In The Spin http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/06/%e2%80%9cwe-need-silver-buckshot%e2%80%9d-oil-american-power-and-future-of-funding-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-32931 Oil Spills and Carbon Caps « In The Spin Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:15:18 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=2660#comment-32931 [...] Here’s the League of American Bicyclists’ take on the matter including a video from a Carnegie funded conference on Transportation Carbon Fees. [...]

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