{"id":6580,"date":"2010-03-27T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2010-03-27T13:40:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T19:40:01","slug":"tony-kornheiser-the-buddha-and-urban-cycling-ppb-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/tony-kornheiser-the-buddha-and-urban-cycling-ppb-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Kornheiser, the Buddha, and Urban Cycling (PPB #36)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Baskind, founder of simple living site More Minimal<\/a> (among others), sent me a note about a half-hour ago apologizing for getting his guest post up relatively late in the game. Once you read it, though, you’ll realize that Chris had nothing to apologize for: his post on urban cycling<\/a> takes a recent rant by a loud-mouthed sportscaster and a Buddhist maxim, and blends them into an elegant and thoughtful discourse on the state of urban cycling in the United States.<\/p>\n If you’re a cycler, read this. If you’re a motorist who gets irritated by bicycles on the road, read this. If you’re interested in how our thinking about transportation is undergoing a gradual, but definite, shift, certainly read this.<\/p>\n Many thanks to Chris, and to all of the bloggers who’ve taken the time and energy to produce a fantastic collection of posts for the blogathon. We’ve still got at least one more to go, but it’s not too early to start expressing my gratitude: we literally could not have done what we’ve done in the last 22 hours without their contributions.<\/p>\n Yep, you know what’s coming… donations<\/a>… we’re taking ’em…<\/p>\n Image credit:<\/strong> <\/p>\n Chris Baskind, founder of simple living site More Minimal (among others), sent me a note about a half-hour ago apologizing for getting his guest post up relatively late in the [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":6581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[823,507,4273,1104,4274],"yoast_head":"\n