New York bicyclist:
“The nature of the hate has changed. Once, they hated us because we were a rarity, like a rat in the kitchen, a pest. Now, they hate us because we are ubiquitous.” via New York Times Magazine.
The situation once called for civility from outraged nonbikers; now it is the bicyclists who must take the high road, he says.
Some good points made in the article but, as more than one bike blogger has pointed out, his message suffers because he resorts to putting down bikers that are dressed for the Tour de France or the fixed gear Really Cool Biker and so on. He needs to just keep his message on point, be civilized and period.
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