Fun & Fashion
Too often bicycle campaigns are set out on a platter of platitudes ranging from health crises to safety. Courses to learn bicycling are delivered like sour medicine.
Let’s not forget about the fun of bicycling. Even transportation engineers and politicians are more likely to agree with bicycle improvements when reminded of the bicycle fun they had as a child.
When we use fun and fashion in our presentations and papers right alongside the facts and figures we are more likely to attract support for our initiatives.
Street art unites neighborhoods and improves safety:
- Just one of many articles about the success of public street art.
- Asphalt art improves safety!
Great examples of the fun of bicycling:
- Jam along with this Scraper Bikes video by a group of captivating bike nuts in Oakland, California:
- Dare you not to smile when you watch Wheelie Boys:
- A montage of bike fun for Portland Oregon’s Pedalpalooza
- Compare your bike riding skills to this video!
Must see cycle fashion sites:
- Find out what makes cycling fun for many woman at Beauty & the Bike
- Keep up with the the latest in cycle fashion at Copenhagen Cycle Chic
And we must make fun a prominent part of our organizations at meetings and through projects so we keep our best leaders happy and helping. Nobody likes boring drudgery. Other movements must have a tough time of this. But we are the bicycle movement! Bicycles equal fun so everything we do can and must include fun.
This video shows a great example of a neighborhood group who found a fun way to take back their street:
One Street will always add fun wherever we can. Look for new ideas and samples on this page and throughout our site. And, if you’re a leader of an organization working to increase bicycling, and you’re afraid you’ve forgotten the fun of bicycling, call us immediately! We’ve got lots of reminders to offer.
Source: www.OneStreet.org