Dear Urban Cyclists: Go Play in Traffic

Jawgap

Satire From the Wall Street Journal

Dublin get's a mention......


"A fibrosis of bicycle lanes is spreading through the cities of the world......

...........Even Dublin, Ireland, has had portions of its streets set aside for bicycles only—surely unnecessary in a country where everyone's car has been repossessed.":)

kenmc

Jawgap wrote: »

"Satire" From the Wall Street Journal

Dublin get's a mention......


"A fibrosis of bicycle lanes is spreading through the cities of the world......

...........Even Dublin, Ireland, has had portions of its streets set aside for bicycles only—surely unnecessary in a country where everyone's car has been repossessed.":)

FYP. The Onion it ain't.
(TLDR)

studiorat

Love the photo, "A French racing cyclist, in 1912"







How Euro?

Cookie_Monster

If drops in pollution and traffic congestion are wanted and if discomfort and inconvenience are the trade-offs, we should be packed into tiny circus clown cars.

Now that I'd like to see

studiorat

The comments as usual make more interesting reading than the news item!

Good Satire either takes a popular position and extends it to absurdity (ala Swift) or takes an opposite position in irony. This article does neither. Instead it is a dressed up rant, lacking both knowledge and perspective. It seems that Mr. O'rourke can see little beyond his own windshield. His familarity with cycling appears to have ended when he fell off his Schwin Stingray at age 9, kicked the wheels for failing him, and never rode again. To that extent this article reads like sex advice from a eunuch. If the goal is to make driving a personal car in NYC more convenient, than a tax should be levied on every non-commercial vehicle greater than 3000 lbs. Perhaps a dollar per pound over per year. If the goal is to make users pay for their infrastructure, than we should consider a shoe leather tax for sidewalks. No, I believe the real problem is the extreme frustration of drivers wedging themselves into too small a trafic grid and venting on the smallest fish in the foodchain, the bicyclists. What Mr. O'rourke may be most annoyed by is the sub-conscious truth that cycling is a solution to this frustration.

Chips Lovell

LOL, it's amazing how many people don't get PJ O'Rourke

studiorat

el tonto wrote: »

LOL, it's amazing how many people don't get PJ O'Rourke

Maybe if you're 15, I think he's about as subtle as a breeze block. That gonzo sh1t just makes me want to twat him.

daragh_

studiorat wrote: »

Maybe if you're 15, I think he's about as subtle as a breeze block. That gonzo sh1t just makes me want to twat him.

When I was young and innocent (oh so long ago) I thought he was the bees knees and the rightful successor to HST. That soon wore off.

BikeSnob has a good response.

manwithaplan

daragh_ wrote: »

When I was young and innocent (oh so long ago) I thought he was the bees knees and the rightful successor to HST.

The Hubble Space Telescope? In that you can see right through him and looking at what he produces is akin to going back in time?

I do actually know about the fear. And the loathing.

daragh_

manwithaplan wrote: »

The Hubble Space Telescope? In that you can see right through him and looking at what he produces is akin to going back in time?

I do actually know about the fear. And the loathing.

Very amusing. Have you met my Attorney?