Мал дел од книгата: "I know, one doesn’t usually think of nightclubbing and bike riding as being soul mates, but there is so much to see and hear in New York, and I discovered that zipping from one place to another by bike was amazingly fast and efficient. So I stuck with it, despite the aura of uncoolness and the danger, as there weren’t many people riding in the city back then. Car drivers at that time weren’t expecting to share the road with cyclists, so they would cut you off or squeeze you into parked cars ....."
"During the time these diaries were written I have seen some cities, like New York, become more bike-friendly in radical new ways, while in others the changes have been slow and incremental—they have yet to reach a tipping point as far as accepting cycling as a practical and valid means of transportation. Some cities have managed to find a way to make themselves more livable, and have even reaped some financial rewards as a result, while others have sunk deeper into the pits they started digging for themselves decades ago. I discuss these developments, urban planning, and policy in the New York City chapter, as well as describe my limited involvement in local politics (and entertainment) as it pertains to making my city more bike-friendly, and, I think, a more human place to live. "
Еден мал дел каде што кажува како свеста и културата на луѓето во NewYork почнала да расте од минатото до сега како дел од унапредувањето на свеста и културата.. Замислете.. И во NewYork порано возачите били слични.. Агресивни, не почитувале велосипедсти....Само таму тоа било во осумдести години, кај нас е во 2014 година... Ама за едно 20-30 години и ние ќе станеме понапредно и поразвиено општество, и можеби ќе дојдеме на нивото на културните и воспитани градови (Виена, Амстерам, Берлин.....)
Нормално само ако сакаме, и ако пенисите ги користиме повеќе таму каде им е местото да не мора колите да се користат како Пенис Екстендер...
