Brian Essi wrote:[
Mr. O'Bryan,
This is "old" thinking from people like you and me.
The "new thinking" is "walk and biking" 24/7/365.
Mr. Liston would go there in any weather on his bike if the product was good even though he is old.
Brian
Tim might do this. He credits biking with saving his life. I am not sure if he still does, but he used to bike to work everyday, year round. His office was in Strongsville. Tim, and a few I know are legitimate biking animals. From there the fall off is great. Bike shop owners generally bike to work, and some still bike downtown Cleveland even when it is not a critical mass or bike to work day.
However from my experience, publisher of a biking paper for 4 years. The lifestyle often wears thin if not out, when 1) They can afford a carn. 2) They have a child. 3)Tired of showing up wet and sweaty, when places have no showers.
Lakewood tries to push this narrative, while the Mayor actually walks to Lakewood Park about 1/4 mile from his house. But, drives to work, which is a 3/8ths of a mile, and he has a shower in his office. Drive past City Hall, Downtown Lakewood offices, School Board, look at the bike racks. OK most don't have any. The library stands alone on bike racks, equipment, safety etc. Of course the director James Crawford has no problem doing 70 miles a day on a bike no matter the terrain, weather or country. Of course Jim drives to work everyday.
Bikeable community yes. Walkable community well it could be only 2.5 miles wide. But it is not how Lakewoodites think. Even biking is hard to get people to switch too. So generally the only people talking about it is City Hall and sycophants, those that grabbed ten$ of million$ of our dollars so they could tell us walking is healthy, though they themselves drive everywhere, and local realtors.
The concept of Lakewoodites, and/or people at Lakewood Hospital walking to Campbell's was amusing when I first heard they were opening. I mean we had the best popcorn place in the country Poppee's on Woodward, next to Harding and McKinley, with a parking lot, and they couldn't make it.