This week's cover story by Danny Cross highlights some of the challenges bicyclists in Cincinnati face:
Lack of vision, planning and investment have made Cincinnati a 'bike unfriendly' city
It's difficult to ride a bicycle in Cincinnati, and not just because it's hilly and the weather sucks and our neighborhoods sprawl 30 miles away into another counties and states.
It's not because there are few bike racks and even fewer bike lanes.
It's not because each neighborhood presents its own set of problems for planners and engineers or the fact that Cincinnati hasn't had a planning department since 2002.
It's not because the newest map of the city's bike routes is from 1998 or that you're just as likely to get a biggie-size Coke thrown at you while riding along Central Parkway than you are to receive friendly wave.
It's a combination of all of these things.
Read the whole article here: No One Rides for Free.
Then help Queen City Bike change that...
1 Comment:
I couldn't agree more - I just started riding seriously this summer and am amazed at how few bike racks there are and bike paths. Especially after visiting Minneapolis, which has both galore all over the city! I even spoke to Trader Joe's at Kenwood about getting one - unfortunately, they would love to but their landlord, Midland Development, won't allow it. This attitude has got to change!
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