Gil Kelley on “the bicycle city and a new energy paradigm”
Gil Kelley, Portland’s long-time Bureau of Planning Director, has written a great opinion piece in the Oregonian which spells out his vision for the city’s future, and includes some really inspiring ideas about the role that the bicycle could play.
The need to improve air quality drove much of our urban development and transit agenda in the 1970s and ’80s. Today’s imperative is to reduce greenhouse gases and increase energy self-reliance. Retrofitting the cityscape for bicycles as a primary mode of transportation needs to be a priority. By employing simpler, more decentralized and neighborhood-scale energy systems we improve our self-reliance and economic capacity.
Let’s savor this little bit, one more time:
bicycles as a primary mode of transportation
…yes!!
Check out Kelley’s guest opinion column in the Oregonian: Pair of initiatives offer paths for charting city’s future
via BillSoup via BikePortland