On Mon, 12 May 2014 10:43:58 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 5/12/2014 12:25 AM, Dan O wrote:
On Sunday, May 11, 2014 3:58:14 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:

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Personally, I believe that if the U.S. _could_ get (say) 30% bike mode
share, we would see easily detectable benefits.

Personally, I believe that if one person discovers the joy
of bicycle commuting, benefits are easily detectable...

True, assuming you mean it's easy to detect that person's joy.

That also applies to other activities - for example, the joy of fishing.
But there are no landscape architects lobbying to transform America by
constructing trout streams everywhere.

And if we did construct thousands of urban trout streams, yet fishing
increased only a fraction of a percent in 30 years, I think people would
certainly say "Hmm. We're wasting money."

But isn't the "save the fisheries" an ongoing project. I distinctly
remember an article about people protesting the building of an Atomic
Power Station somewhere in N.Y. state because it was going to increase
the temperature of a river/stream by a degree or two and kill the
trout.
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Cheers,

John B.
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