A dotrider has been posting photos of riders and bike parking situations for the past 14 months. There are now about 400 photos. It took nearly a year to get the first 300 and barely 6 weeks to get the next 100…Hmmmm Hey guess what that means? There are more folks riding in Dorchester EVERY DAY! Last year the effort began as a way to show that ALL kinds of folks ride in Dorchester (not just hipsters and nerdy white guys) of all races, colors, sexes, ages and income levels. We’ve been discussing whether to continue the practice or to let flickr die having prooved its point (although it feels as though it has been soundly ignored by the folks it was designed to show the truth…after attending meetings concluding why some minorities don’t ride we believe we’ve soundly smashed those stereotypes). Of course then we see the dotbike blog pick off a photo celebrating legal riding in Franklin Park, a number of other fb posts and promotions around town with a dotbike flickr photo. Hey folks using these photos, great job! Thanks for the support! If you are looking for other themes, let us know and we’ll see what we can do. Parking and access is becoming an increasing focus. We continue to monitor helmet use. We’re thinking of breaking down the photos to those riding properly versus those travelling unsafely. We found 71% not wearing helmets and judging from the few week’s posts that % isn’t changing. Any suggestions?
