07 April 2007
Cycling in North Carolina
I've just returned from a conference in N. Carolina and very nice it was too but I was slightly amazed at how few students got around on bikes at the Universities we visited. A good example is Duke University which is probably one of the US's more respected HE institutions. I probably saw less than 20 bikes around what is a VERY big campus. Compare that with just about any Uni in the UK!! What I did see was lots of privileged 18-21 year olds driving ENORMOUS 4x4's But then at under 25p per litre for unleaded what is there to stop them?
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The privileged young people driving 4x4's - its apalling. But these young people will no experience real life as they should. Young people with less have more.
-andy (Pedalpushers)
Try going to Stanford next time. Palo Alto - cycling capital of the USA! - Simon (Sheffield Cycle Campaign)
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