Comments on: Virginia Capital Trail Ribbon Cutting in Richmond http://www.vabike.org/virginia-capital-trail-ribbon-cutting-in-richmond/ Advocacy, Safety, & Education Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: admin http://www.vabike.org/virginia-capital-trail-ribbon-cutting-in-richmond/comment-page-1/#comment-5813 admin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:13:29 +0000 http://www.vabike.org/?p=2240#comment-5813 Luke: you bring up a good point. To answer your question, automobile directions were all that were provided, so that's what I used. Most webmasters don't have time to research this stuff. But make it available to us, and we'll use it for sure! The cure is to get bike information into map apps and GIS systems. <a href="http://googlemapsbikethere.org/ rel="nofollow">"Bike there" in Google maps</a> is probably in the works, but cyclists can use tools that are are available <em>right now</em>, such as <a href="http://www.bikely.com/" rel="nofollow">Bikely</a>, <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow">OpenStreetMap</a>, or local resources like <a href="http://www.ridesolutions.org/bikewalk/map.shtml" rel="nofollow">Ride Solutions bike map</a>. Bike map or no, I hope everyone can <em>ride their bike to this event</em>. Let the powers that be see how many of us there are! Luke: you bring up a good point.

To answer your question, automobile directions were all that were provided, so that’s what I used. Most webmasters don’t have time to research this stuff. But make it available to us, and we’ll use it for sure!

The cure is to get bike information into map apps and GIS systems. “Bike there” in Google maps is probably in the works, but cyclists can use tools that are are available right now, such as Bikely, OpenStreetMap, or local resources like Ride Solutions bike map.

Bike map or no, I hope everyone can ride their bike to this event. Let the powers that be see how many of us there are!

]]> By: Luke Sponholz http://www.vabike.org/virginia-capital-trail-ribbon-cutting-in-richmond/comment-page-1/#comment-5767 Luke Sponholz Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:09:31 +0000 http://www.vabike.org/?p=2240#comment-5767 Wait, the only directions you post on here are limited to automobiles as they all instruct people to use interstates? This is just representative of a real problem that we have in Richmond that other cities in the union have started rectifying: namely that everyone relies on their automobile almost universally for transportation and only sees the bicycle as a form of recreation. We need to start catching up with cities like New York and Portland and start changing this mentality now. Wait, the only directions you post on here are limited to automobiles as they all instruct people to use interstates? This is just representative of a real problem that we have in Richmond that other cities in the union have started rectifying: namely that everyone relies on their automobile almost universally for transportation and only sees the bicycle as a form of recreation. We need to start catching up with cities like New York and Portland and start changing this mentality now.

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