She has begun taking her message to other schools to, if nothing else, become the squeaky wheel for any type of program. Her example that quality curriculum does not have to be the slave of budgets is an empowering lesson for schools to take responsibility and start taking action. Promoting the use of bicycles for daily transportation is a cause that aligns well with the Council mission. Tay brings to the coalition a focus on paving the way to making bicycling a much more viable, safe, and sociably acceptable alternative to the problematic automobile. Tay, a Los Angeles area resident who doesn t even own a car, understands the practical benefits of bicycle driving.
Bicycle driving to work, to meet carpools, van-pools, buses, and trains serves double duty.
With the proper accessories, you can even use the bicycle to pick up a whole week s groceries, to bring your children home from school, and to carry other seemingly unwieldy packages. Much of the job is educational. There are bicycle driving techniques that steer motorists away without causing conflict. There are some very simple strategies that cities can adopt to make streets bicycle-friendly. In most urban areas, the best opportunity for encouraging more bicycle driving is linking bicycles with ridesharing.