Re: [Ebbc-Talk] Fwd: ellen fletcher

=v= Cycle tracks will abound in Heaven.  We lost one of the
great ones yesterday.

=v= Shortly after I arrived in the Bay Area I read an article in
the _San_Jose_Mercury_News_ about Ellen Fletcher, who was over
twice my age, didn't seem to need a car, and biking everywhere.
This left me inspired to do likewise, and without any excuses
not to.

=v= Below is the earliest article about her in my e-archive, but
I'm pretty sure the one I read was from a year or so before.
    <_Jym_>

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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
DATE: Monday, 09-Apr-1990
Section: Front
Edition: Morning Final
Page: 12A
Memo: Earth Day 1990

ELLEN FLETCHER
        Lisa Lapin

Name:  Ellen Fletcher, 61, Palo Alto.

Profession:  Former City Council member.

Issue:  Traffic congestion in Silicon Valley has tripled in the
past 25 years.  Along with increased numbers of cars have come
noise and air pollution.  In the early 1970s, Fletcher began a
campaign to encourage alternative transportation, especially
"clean" transit such as bicycles, to ease those problems.  She
herself bikes everywhere.

Outcome:  Fletcher has fought for bicycle commuting incentives,
including a Palo Alto law that requires bike lockers throughout
the city.  Another law requires companies to install showers for
biking employees.  She also got bicycle safety classes for
schoolchildren and a bikes-only boulevard.  Her current project:
More bike racks on buses.

Lesson:  "So many people complain about traffic, oil spills and
pollution.  But what are they doing to help the situation?  They
should make a personal commitment."
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