I found out about this guy from another blog and got pulled into the WSJ article and Rob Anderson's own blog. As you should know by now I'm on the side of the cyclists. Being hit by an AT&T service van on my commute to work several years ago cemented my position on this argument pretty well. So if you've got a few minutes, go check out Rob's blog and the comments. Interesting banter:
http://district5diary.blogspot.com/2008/08/keep-up-good-work-mr-anderson.html#comments
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Oh, THAT Rob Anderson. At first I though you were referring to the uber master who rides for Specialized, not this piece of work.
The issue in San Francisco is not Bikes versus Cars but the city's 527-page Bicycle Plan the bike people pushed through the system without any enviro review. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires enviro review of any project that even might have a negative impact on the environment. Since the Bicycle Plan proposed taking away traffic lanes and street parking on city streets to create bike lanes, obviously environmental review was legally required. This has nothing to do with whether or not I had a bike as a kid. It's about good public policy and the law. I'm really the only critic the city's bike people have in the local media, which is timidly "progressive" and uncritical of the SF Bicycle Coalition's anti-car agenda.
"This has nothing to do with whether or not I had a bike as a kid"
So no.
Hmm, then no bike it is. Like I said, a simple "yes" or "no" would have sufficed.
Yes, I understand that you like to keep things simple.
C'mon fellas, Rob's just acting on his moral code. this lawsuit is just a legal technicality, really. It doesn't bother Rob that people want to ride their bikes and judging by his blogging, I think his opinion is "you are free to transport your self how you like and government is obligated to provide equally for all it's citizens"
yes, I'm being cynical!
Our lawsuit wasn't successful because of a technicality. The city violated the essence of the most important environmental law in California, which is all about the environmental review of projects before they are implemented. The litigation was not about the contents of the Bicycle Plan or Bikes versus Cars. Turns out that even if you think you are saving the planet, you have to follow the same laws as everyone else.
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