[IndianaTrails] Cyclists advocate new bike lanes

[Robert J. Matter]

Martain Tomberlain wrote:

> Great news for Terre Haute but.. Where's ours in Indy?
> 
> I hate to sound negative as this is in fact terrific news but I want to know
> "where's mine?"
> 
> If Terre Haute can afford the time and money to have a road truck drive down
> a street and paint a line why cant Indy which has much more funding and
> citizens? 
> 
> We have yet to have a line painted on Kessler. There is no bike lane on
> Michigan, and I suspect that 38th street inside 465 will not offer a bike
> lane in my lifetime. These shouldn't even be up for debate. They should be a
> requirement.
> 
> I apologize. I'm just starting to feel frustrated about this issue.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Scott

Scott,

I recommend you express your dissatisfaction with Indy's lack of bike 
lanes by "taking the lane", especially on the last Friday of the month 
at 5:30 p.m. with a like-minded group of cyclists. Here are all the 
details: http://www.geocities.com/indycm/

It's not unheard of for direct action activists to paint their own bike 
lanes to get the message across. Recently in Toronto activists laid down 
a harmless chalk bike lane and had this to say:

"What's cool is that when even a temporary chalk-drawn bike lane is 
installed along a stretch of Bloor, motorists seemed to drive within the 
lines and cyclists had their own path. Maybe we can chalk it up in the 
meantime while waiting for a more permanent solution. Pray it don't rain."

Here is the complete article with a photo:
http://www.blogto.com/city/2006/11/take_the_tooker_brings_awareness_to_preelection_cycling_issues/

Indiana is run by suburban auto-dependent Republicans for suburban 
auto-dependent Republicans. Don't expect them to embrace alternative 
transportation like it is I-69. We will have to take back the state 
ourselves.

-Bob Matter
Hammond, IN