Somehow my e-mail address must have been unreadable as dotriderblog had left it at the first safety summit at BU back in the late spring as we didn’t get the e-mail notice (although I might check my spam filter…). Either way we caught wind of it and we’re now registered to attend on Wednesday evening… We didn’t make any comments or ask questions at the first one because we became disenchanted with our fellow bike advocates and their central focus on themselves rather than any big picture. It seemed like the entire time was spent on folks describing their ride and the pitfalls around them. We got up a few times, but it wasn’t working for us. Anyway, this time we’ll be there and ready. Would anyone have any suggestions for questions or comments we might present? I’m working on my list and outside of my cynical vindictive counter-productive questions that instantly leap to mind, we’re feeling that there has to be another way to make our point….that the neighborhoods are suffering half baked solutions thanks to a half baked (and someone pointed out and I’ve agreed in previous posts in fact that the half baking starts at the top with Mayor Menino and I shouldn’t be so hard on his minion) unthought out solutions for bike accomodations that are being implemented today. While some advocates are acting grateful, dotriderblog believes that we deserve better and our voices should remain firm in driving the city to do the best it can rather than accepting half assed solutions along with the dozens of missed opportunities. I’ve always felt that way and most of my life in community action has been built around striving for equitable and quality services for the neighborhoods, particularly Dorchester. So, with that in mind send us your potential questions and comments and we’ll see what we can do.
