I am the enemy you killed, my friend.
I knew you in this dark: for so you frowned
Yesterday through me as you jabbed and killed.
I parried; but my hands were loath and cold.
Let us sleep now…’ (Wildrid Owen Strange Meeting)
Image courtesy jscolman – with added blood See also: Ghostcycle.org
My winter post on White Commuting has led me to the following classification:
- Red Commuter Transport: uses hydrocarbon energy to create air pollution, noise, dust, asthma and road rage
- White Commuter Transport: white rage is what green commuters are driven to when most of the roadspace is allocated to red commuters
- Green Commuter Transport: uses human energy for quiet, health-giving environmentally friendly commuting
Amen.
Yes. It would be good to think of seasonal climate friendly solutions to cycling that save lives as well!
Winter cycling: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhEW-45yi6k ]
Spring cycling: [ http://blog.krisatomic.com/?p=777 ]
Summer cycling: [ http://www.bicyclinglife.com/PracticalCycling/SummerCycling.htm ]
Autumn cycling: [ http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-11/sports/17263989_1_cycling-ride-mile ]
It would be great if all the journalists following David Cameron on his bike had to cycle too 🙂
Media power is unfortunate but could be useful!
Yes, yes, yes to journalists on bikes.
London has some policemen on bikes, which makes them far more useful than the pairs of male and female policemen one often sees talking to each other and scarcely looking at what is happening around them.
Cycling politicians seem to cop ridiculte rather than the credit for their efforts. [ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1038230/Caught-camera-The-moment-gang-teenagers-nicked-David-Camerons-beloved-bike.html ]
I wonder how the average ‘person on the street’ would fair if tailed 24/7 for a week? [ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/03/22/police-to-give-conservative-leader-david-cameron-cycling-safety-advice-115875-20358646/ ]
So I suppose if David Cameron was followed by journalists and police on bicycles at least it would be a level playing field re: potential traffic misdemeanours.