Jane Natoli and reality
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| Jane Natoli and David Chiu |
An email message from Jane Natoli, who is running for the Democratic County Central Committee:
For the 3rd time in 4 years, I was hit by someone driving while biking yesterday on the streets of San Francisco. I have a broken metacarpal in my left hand and a badly busted bike. This trip to SF General was better than my last, or at least quicker, but it was still all eerily similar to the last time I was hit while biking.How many times do we have to repeat this before we have the safe streets we deserve, before we break the thrall of cars? I can tweet and text pithy things this time. What about next time?...I've been hit 4 times! I fight because I know the trauma of getting hit all too well, both as a person walking and a person biking. Help me fight for change so there is no next time.
Rob's comment:
This is reality sending you a message, Jane. You should contemplate the wisdom of bike messenger/author Robert Hurst:
Is cycling dangerous? Yes. Yes, it is. Deadly, no, but definitely dangerous. This is actually a controversial thing to say. There are those who bristle at any suggestion that cycling is dangerous, because they fear it will scare non-cyclists away from ever ditching their cars and trying a more healthy form of transport. This is a good point, but it doesn’t change the fact that cycling is dangerous. This is not some urban legend that needs to be debunked. It is reality, and we need to embrace it (The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons From the Street).
Important to keep in mind too that most cycling accidents are "solo falls" that don't involve other vehicles.
The city can't realistically make riding a bike safe, though it pretends to do that with its phony Vision Zero campaign and all its "improvements" to city streets. City Hall wants to get more people on bikes mainly because that might help mitigate the city's traffic congestion.
Labels: Anti-Car, Cycling and Safety, David Chiu, Democratic Party, Jane Natoli, Solo Falls, UC Study, Vision Zero
posted by Rob Anderson @ 2:39 PM
7 comments
7 Comments:
So Rob, you like to fight against attempts to improve cycling and walking in the City. You seem smart enough to realize that we can't increase private car use with SF's growing population. There's no room on the streets for more cars, not to mention pollution from all those cars affects the health of the people and the planet.
What are your solutions?
I don't support any increase in cars but only oppose City Hall's phony "improvements" to city streets that only make congestion worse without improving safety.
Justin, i would say that ride share is the real problem facing the city and amazon auto deliveries. Those two combined account for the lions share of auto trips in the city over the last several years. People just dispise muni and the MTA transportation planners cannot figure it out.
So no solutions, then?
There's only one thing in this City that causes congestion or makes congestion worse: too many cars.
Time to get on the program:
New Study Says Bicycles Are the Future of Urban Transportation
Deloitte says that technological innovation - like e-bikes - will spur bicycling’s growth around the world.
Justin, didnt hear you say ban ride share and auto delivers if sandwiches. Maybe UPS is the best way to deliver.
Instead of UPS, Anon delivers a word salad here.
Justin asks "So no solutions then?"
Riding a bike is no solution to anything. The city can't make it safe, since it's intrinsically dangerous. Don't do it.
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