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I was wondering if there had been a UN resolution about bicycle accomodation. If not, I may try to submit one. It's my first time, so I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, or if my format/language is alright, but here's the basic idea:

With fossil fuels running out and countries struggling to implement plans to switch to alternative fuels, it is important to recognize that for short distances, human-powered bicycles are a feasable alternative to driving an automobile. It is also important to recognize that many developed cities are designed primarily for cars, with bicycles being secondary. Therefore, this proposal would require, in major cities (need definitions here; maybe in miles of roads, or population?):

a) bike lanes to be clearly marked on all streets
b) sensors to trip a stoplight in the bike lane, if there are sensors in the automobile lanes (if on a timer, this makes no difference)
c) bike racks in front of commercial institutions
d) guidelines about behavior around bicycles to be added to driving manuals/training/testing

and maybe:

e) affordable city bicycle rental

What does everyone think? Bad idea, good idea, mediocre, incomplete? Just dumb?

Thanks :cool:

On a general set of questions - what about people who don't have bicycles? Would they be forced to follow this proposal? (I think we have maybe one guy who has a bike - everyone else has a horse and cart, or just a horse. We like horses!)

Precisely the kind of piddling micro-managing the UN should avoid at all costs. This kind of thing should be decided by councils, not national governments, and certainly not international bodies.

Precisely the kind of piddling micro-managing the UN should avoid at all costs. This kind of thing should be decided by councils, not national governments, and certainly not international bodies.

My hands are starting to hurt, after all the WILD APPLAUSE. Well said, sir, well said.

(Have you ever heard of the NSO (http://s11.invisionfree.com/NatSovOrg)?)

Precisely the kind of piddling micro-managing the UN should avoid at all costs. This kind of thing should be decided by councils, not national governments, and certainly not international bodies.

The people of Cluichstan couldn't agree more.

This is too specific. Your intent, to reduce fossil fuel reliance, is laudable, but as far as we're concerned, local solutions should be decided locally, since different things will work best in different places. For instance, some nations haven't yet invented the bicycle, while others will have surpassed it and found better alternatives.

At most, promotion of bicycles should be a minor suggestion in a bigger resolution. But there is currently no need for MORE fossil fuel reduction legislation.

Indeed: this is a local solution to climate change for local people.

(Any LoG fans here? No? Bugger.)

In these NS worlds, there is genocide, slavery, torture, war, socialism. And we're worrying about Velocipedes?


(Any LoG fans here? No? Bugger.)

I beg to differ.

We'll have no trouble hyere!

Alright, thanks everyone.

i agree that this is too much specific

but Love and esterel applaud the intention, as a similar policy already exist in Love and esterel, (in Love and esterel this policy is very soft and only encouraging)

Love and esterel would like to thanks Mechanical Wonders, because even as we cannot approve it as a resolution, we fully share the good intentions of the author

i agree that this is too much specific

but Love and esterel applaud the intention, as a similar policy already exist in Love and esterel, (in Love and esterel this policy is very soft and only encouraging)

Love and esterel would like to thanks Mechanical Wonders, because even as we cannot approve it as a resolution, we fully share the good intentions of the author

I agree (for once) wholeheartedly.

Segway also is great:
http://www.segway.com/

ps: in real world i use a lot my moutain bike and my rollerblades, i love them:D ;)
i don't have a segway: to much expensive for me

but why not adding just an "encouraging" clause in the future poposition (after the repeal of fossil fuel) about bicycle, segway, rollers ....
Love and esterel will like it and support it

Because it's not for the UN even to be encouraging this sort of thing. It shouldn't be demonstrating preferential treatment of particular environmental solutions.

What does everyone think? Bad idea, good idea, mediocre, incomplete? Just dumb?

No offense, but the latter.

I was wondering if there had been a UN resolution about bicycle accomodation. If not, I may try to submit one. It's my first time, so I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, or if my format/language is alright, but here's the basic idea:

There is a wonderful thread which helps new members write resolutions, located here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=342360) The article on writing resolutions is found a little ways down the post, entitled Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Resolution Writing

Hope this helps.

No offense, but the latter.

Yeah, the earlier posts did a good job of getting that across. ;) I'm not quite dumb enough not to notice that.

Thanks, Holyboy, for the resolution guide, and thanks, everyone else, for your constructive criticism. ^_^ I really appreciate it, because, as I have said, I'm new to this.

don't let this experience get you down. we were all new members at one time or another.

don't let this experience get you down. we were all new members at one time or another.

I've been here too long. I can't remember when I was a new member.:(

I've been here too long. I can't remember when I was a new member.:(
You can't remember when you were a new member, how do you think I feel.
*hobbles out on his walker*