Thursday Thoughts ~~ Bike Month

(See the post from 5/3/10 for Audax 200K details)

This is a vision of the world.  Imagine, more bikes than cars on the roads.  Imagine, Interstate type highways, limited access indeed, but in a different way.  Imagine that these interstates are closed to cars, and are for bikes only.  Try to picture our cities as quiet and clean, with well ordered processions of bicycles and pedestrians moving along greenways.

Picture a nation in which the majority of the population is fit and healthy.  Can you see a nation in which the typical senior thinks of a 100 mile ride as a good day on the bike.  For that matter, what if the typical young teen thought the same thing?

How would our world look if we didn’t squander a huge amount of our income on rapidly depreciating automobiles, and the support of a huge infrastructure to serve them?  What if we stopped subsidizing middle eastern potentates?  What if the average private car or truck lasted 15 to 20 years, because it was only driven about 3500 miles a year?

What would this world look like?  What would it take to make it possible?  What if our recreation and fitness were also our primary means of travel?

Is this a fantasy?  Can this dream come true.

Please think about it.