Happy Birthday to The Bike-sharing Blog! It turns 2 today. If The Blog were a child, it would be a toddler already.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes this stage of life as, "During this time, your child is becoming increasingly more mobile, and aware of himself and his surroundings. During this stage, your toddler will show greater independence, begin to show defiant behavior, [...] and imitate the behavior of others, especially adults and older children."
Much of the same can be said of bike-sharing in general: it assists people in becoming more mobile and aware of themselves and their surroundings. Bike-sharing is helping people show greater independence away from the automobile. We are showing defiant behavior by denying the status quo of automobile-dominated societies and launching ourselves into the post-carbon age. We are imitating the behavior of greener societies which have placed greater demands on the mobility and flexibility that bicycling offers and are receiving the benefits of being healthier societies, or of one day striving to become one.
Your contributions about local bike-sharing activities have been tremendous and enhanced The Blog's efforts towards advocating for bike-sharing around the world. Thank you for your continued interest in bike-sharing and The Bike-sharing Blog.
Sincerely,
Paul DeMaio
MetroBike, LLC
Washington, D.C., USA
happy birthday and all best wishes for the next year!
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see that there are so many bike sharing projects around the world. Here in Stockholm we have one which seems to be working fine, but would need spreading a bit outside the very centre of the city.
ReplyDeleteAnother good thing at the bicycle scene in Sweden are the projects that several cities are running to reduce "ridiculous car journeys"
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