88: Making Way for Bikes
City Councilor Scott Walker of Port Townsend, Washington is working to build a walkable, bikeable community where the car is not essential. As a result, the town has designated many undeveloped streets and “connectors” as non-motorized routes. He says, “Build safe, convenient facilities for walking and biking, and they sprout people.” Watch Janaia test ride Scott’s electric bike, which “flattens the town” as if there were no hills.
February 16th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
[…] with show-and-tell, but I got the thrill of riding Scott Walker’s converted e-bike in “Making Way for Bikes” (#88). Get a tour of Otmar Ebenhoech’s electric vehicle conversion in “Return of the […]