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Category Archives: Considerations
Political Realities Can Change
Whenever Government is involved in deciding how to best spend tax dollars politics more often than not plays a huge and deciding role. The needs of the citizens being served by elected officials are less served than the political interests … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle capital, biking, legacy, safe and convenient bike lanes, shopping, unique
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Why are Citizens Against More Housing But Not Traffic Congestion?
There is a very strong movement against Housing Growth and where to place mandated housing in Cupertino fueled in part because of traffic congestion around their neighborhoods and schools. But few are addressing traffic directly which is the real problem. … Continue reading
Protected Bike Lanes
Protected Bike Lanes were first developed in Norther European countries to physically separate bicycles form cars to increase safety and to make bicycle lanes Appealing by incorporating landscaping and tree along the rout. This also make it safe for people … Continue reading
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Tagged appeal, convenient, safe bike lanes on narrow streets
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Why Should We Tolerate Even One Bicycle-Car Accident?
Would you consider it tolerable if even one bicycle-car accident occurred a year if it were your child or family member riding that unfortunate bike? So why should we tolerate such accidents for any other member of our community? Why … Continue reading
Letter to City Council: Mobility Element missing from the General Plan – Bicycles as an Alternative to more Cars
Dear Honorable Mayor Rod Sinks and City Council members, As an observer of what has transpired in the General Plan Amendment meetings and workshops it occurs to me that they are mostly about Commercial and Housing elements. There is nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, city council, Community Vision 2040, General Plan, Mobility Element
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Cupertino General Plan – There is no Mobility Element!
The General Plan has as its foundation the Community Vision 2040 which is a guiding set of documents intended to assure that the General Plan remains balanced and contains the various key elements of this Vision. Two of the elements … Continue reading
Taking That First Step
The most import thing about doing anything new is deciding what first to do and taking that first step. It doesn’t have to be large but it is a start that will lead to the next step and so on. … Continue reading
Growth Projection
Currently Apple is building their new space ship campus expected to employ 13,000 employees. This may bring as many as 8,000-10,000 more cars on the streets of Cupertino in the next 2-3 years once the campus is open. The General … Continue reading
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Strategies to Increase the Level of Bicycling in Communities
A list of suggested things that could entice people to bike more.
Sustainable Growth
Sustainable Growth implies that the City can grow into the foreseeable future without suffering the previous Consequences of Growth which have been defined as: Traffic Congestion; Car accidents between bicyclists and pedestrians; Overcrowded schools. By removing cars from the equation … Continue reading
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Tagged compact housing, contominium, dense housing, narrow streets of the future, no parking spaces
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Think BIG, Ask BIG, Be Convinced
So often we undersell ourselves by thinking too small and only asking for small amounts of resources or money giving those on the giving end the impression that what you ask is insignificant. Management is generally stingy and will generally … Continue reading
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The Hardest People to Convince
History is full of examples of People with new ides running up against opposition. Surprisingly it is the Experts of the time who are the most difficult to make a Paradigm shift to a new way of thinking. Experts have … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive, bicycling, casual bicyclists, convenient, hard to convince, paradigm shift, safe
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Public Transportation
In order for a bicycle culture to work without cars there must be a decent public transportation backbone for commuting over longer distances. Extensive buses to neighborhood streets are not necessary around a bike culture because bikes can easily travel … Continue reading
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No Single Solution Fits All Circumstances
No single solution will fit all situations. Even on the same street different solutions may be required for different sections of the street. Different portions of a street may have different conditions such as the width of the street, whether … Continue reading
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Making Biking Attractive
Auto manufactures entice us to buy cars by totally isolating us from the outside world with air condition, sound proof interiors, exterior systems and even built in TVs. They provide comfortable seats and safety devices to give you the impression … Continue reading
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Fix Safety First
Whenever undertaking a project like making biking appealing so all can enjoy and participate one must first make that activity SAFE. Otherwise all but the diehard bicycle enthusiast will take up the challenge. The goal is to get everyone cycling … Continue reading
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Biking Cupertino 