Friday, April 27, 2007

Introduction to Bike 01810


Do you remember learning to ride a bike? I do and I bet the memories are similar to lots of your experiences. With one of your parents guiding you, you wobbled around the driveway a few times until you finally got the hang of peddling, steering and staying upright. It was quite an accomplishment.

I'm starting this blog with that early riding experience in mind and hoping that this is the start of a new riding and bicycle experience for Andover. Certainly the time is right for considering the bicycle as an equal partner to all those cars and trucks now on our roads. Andover is a great town and has done an outstanding job of preserving open space, providing walking paths and showing an environmental concern while maintaining growth. Wouldn't it be great for us to build on those efforts and make the town a community tied together through safe, comprehensive bicycle paths, clearly marked roadways used by responsible and educated bicycle riders.

I'm looking for suggestions, comments and (maybe) a commitment on how to make this concept a reality.

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A Peddling Wish

Thanks for coming to this blog. Here's what I'd like to accomplish. The long term goal is to be part of creating a safe, comprehensive bicycle plan for Andover. I'd like to think that at some point (I'll call it the 25-year bike plan), the town will have a series of linked paths and safe roadways which the residents can use for recreation, shopping, business and commuting. Students will learn the rules of safe biking early on, drivers will share the roads willingly and our town will be viewed as a model for other community biking efforts. Care to join in for the ride? My email is Lundquist.eric@gmail.com BLOG RULES 1. I've enabled comment moderation. This means I get a chance to approve comments before they appear. This is intended to keep the blog on topic, civil and appropriate for all to read. 2. Please stay on topic: Bicycling in Andover 3. Please participate. If you want to stay anonymous on the blog, please say so.