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B's Customer Evangelist compares wheel diameters with John Pucher at the Fit-City4 conference in NYC. See her opinion piece on this event Let's put the horse before the cart.
 SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH! That's the sound of a car going too fast for it's own good, something John Pucher hasn't heard for a long time. The bicycle scholar and Rutger's Uni professor hasn't owned a car since 1973, yet manages to live a full and varied life - as far as we can tell from his spirited keynote at the 2009 AIA Fit-City4 conference in NY. Bike Friday's Customer Evangelist cornered him and made him confess he'd actually ridden a folding bike, but despite the many letters after his name, hadn't really figured it as a dealmaker in converting the car-centric masses. Well! Have we got qualitative case studies for you, John! His succinct powerpoint show certainly showed that the US of A lags far behind the rest of the first world in terms of bicycle use, as do the sub groups of women and the elderly. Have we got a bike to fix that or what? For lovers of all things barcharty, we include some of John's research below. Meanwhile, BF's Evangelist was the lone strangerette flying the folding flag at this event - see the Gal's unabashed report on AIA Fit City4. Now - here's a place in NYC where bikes AREN'T allowed and that's perfectly OK by me ... |
Women are scared of biking downunder and upover - perhaps they need a bicycle that fits them? |
Getting oldies on foldies might improve the score here.
The full Puchermedia ... John's Fit-City4 presentation : Cycling and Walking for All New Yorkers: Path to Improved Public Health
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