SURVEY OF BIKE COMMUTERS
Spokes has had a request from (US) cycling author Sam Tracy to publicise this survey for a planned book (not just USA, we think)
Question: do you get around by bike? Have any thoughts to share on the topic? If so, I’d love to hear from you!
I am writing a new book on bicycle transportation, to more fully document this everyday but easily overlooked experience—who’s riding; why we do so; how things tend to go. The few recent books on this topic tend to be academic, or first-person narratives; I hope to write one that better reflects broader numbers of bike commuters’ actual experiences. Beyond expanding the popular understanding, I want to capture a moment in time—for posterity, if we’re lucky, but foremost for the benefit of those around us who may be commute-curious. This book will invite any and all to join us in our daily journeys.
It’s not difficult nowadays to find advice on bike commuting: surprising numbers of people are happy to share their opinions. The mileage varies greatly, of course; from earnest suggestions or expressions of concern to the far simpler ‘get off the road.’ Yet moving beyond generalities—for or against—is harder. This project will canvas the participants themselves: to see what people are actually doing, and what we might learn.
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