I've got quite a few blogs to write, but for tonight, a little food for thought.
While I was at the University of Michigan I saw this "parking lot" in the middle of the law quad.
It's pretty cold in Morgantown right now, but I've seen an increase in the number of folks using bicycles to make their way around the campus.
What would happen if more of us took the initiative to start riding our bikes around town to run errands. Or better yet, what if we started walking.
I have some friends who are living in a community of 5,000 people in Kenya right now. That's about the size of Buckhannon, WV. There's only one car in the entire community. There's a handful of bicycles. Most people in the community live on less than a dollar a day.
We've got the privileged life here in the states, and it's very seldom we realize it. Imagine the positive environmental impact we could have by not taking advantage of some of these costly privileges.
What if our parking lots were smaller because there were more people on bicycles?
What if traffic was less congested, and folks were more fit because they rode bikes and walked more often?
Just a few thoughts I had while contemplating this little parking lot in ann arbor.
While I was at the University of Michigan I saw this "parking lot" in the middle of the law quad.
It's pretty cold in Morgantown right now, but I've seen an increase in the number of folks using bicycles to make their way around the campus.
What would happen if more of us took the initiative to start riding our bikes around town to run errands. Or better yet, what if we started walking.
I have some friends who are living in a community of 5,000 people in Kenya right now. That's about the size of Buckhannon, WV. There's only one car in the entire community. There's a handful of bicycles. Most people in the community live on less than a dollar a day.
We've got the privileged life here in the states, and it's very seldom we realize it. Imagine the positive environmental impact we could have by not taking advantage of some of these costly privileges.
What if our parking lots were smaller because there were more people on bicycles?
What if traffic was less congested, and folks were more fit because they rode bikes and walked more often?
Just a few thoughts I had while contemplating this little parking lot in ann arbor.
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