Biketopia?

A New Two-Wheeled Course? - Washington Post

"Cycle tracks, notes Lusk, are actually a separated part of the roadway yet distinct from the roadway, distinct from the sidewalk. In their purest form -- Odense, Denmark, where 50 percent of all city journeys are by bicycle -- the paths even have their own traffic signals.

What actually separates the cycle track? It can be a long, narrow curb. Or a line of cones or concrete barriers. Or metal stanchions. Or a line of trees and other vegetation (an on-street greenway).

Another solution, tried on relatively wide streets in Bogota, Paris, London and elsewhere, is to move the parking lane several feet from the sidewalk, creating a new lane for cyclists between the sidewalk and parked cars. Brooklyn-based bicycle advocate/blogger Aaron Naparstek has an excellent online video celebrating that solution (www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/)."

Biketopia?

A New Two-Wheeled Course? - Washington Post

"Cycle tracks, notes Lusk, are actually a separated part of the roadway yet distinct from the roadway, distinct from the sidewalk. In their purest form -- Odense, Denmark, where 50 percent of all city journeys are by bicycle -- the paths even have their own traffic signals.

What actually separates the cycle track? It can be a long, narrow curb. Or a line of cones or concrete barriers. Or metal stanchions. Or a line of trees and other vegetation (an on-street greenway).

Another solution, tried on relatively wide streets in Bogota, Paris, London and elsewhere, is to move the parking lane several feet from the sidewalk, creating a new lane for cyclists between the sidewalk and parked cars. Brooklyn-based bicycle advocate/blogger Aaron Naparstek has an excellent online video celebrating that solution (www.streetfilms.org/archives/physically-separated-bike-lanes/)."

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"Hey there sailor!"

Could this have been the next "Jesus Camp" documentary with reich-wing ideology and old rich white people taking over the appropriate roles?  Working Title: Theater of the Dangerously Absurd?

Ship of Fools: Setting Sail With ‘The National Review’ - The Independent (UK)

"The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth - and as for Guantanamo Bay, it’s practically a holiday camp… The annual cruise organized by the 'National Review', mouthpiece of right-wing America, is a parallel universe populated by straight-talking, gun-toting, God-fearing Republicans."

"A sweet elderly lady from Los Angeles is sitting on the rocks nearby, telling me dreamily about her son. 'Is he your only child?' I ask. 'Yes,' she says. 'Do you have a child back in England?' she asks. No, I say. Her face darkens. 'You’d better start,' she says. 'The Muslims are breeding. Soon, they’ll have the whole of Europe.'"

And why am I thinking of a Ayn Rand variation of "The Producers" right now?

"Hey there sailor!"

Could this have been the next "Jesus Camp" documentary with reich-wing ideology and old rich white people taking over the appropriate roles?  Working Title: Theater of the Dangerously Absurd?

Ship of Fools: Setting Sail With ‘The National Review’ - The Independent (UK)

"The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth - and as for Guantanamo Bay, it’s practically a holiday camp… The annual cruise organized by the 'National Review', mouthpiece of right-wing America, is a parallel universe populated by straight-talking, gun-toting, God-fearing Republicans."

"A sweet elderly lady from Los Angeles is sitting on the rocks nearby, telling me dreamily about her son. 'Is he your only child?' I ask. 'Yes,' she says. 'Do you have a child back in England?' she asks. No, I say. Her face darkens. 'You’d better start,' she says. 'The Muslims are breeding. Soon, they’ll have the whole of Europe.'"

And why am I thinking of a Ayn Rand variation of "The Producers" right now?