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Q?: How Can We Make Biking to Work 'Normal'?

Michael Graham Richard,  14 May 2009, Canada: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
"We need to show people that ride bikes to work, not cyclists that ride to work."
Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day, and our friends at StreetsBlog, bouncing off something written at M-Bike, ask a very important question: How can we make bike commuting "normal"? How can we make the idea of commuting to work on a bike seem normal (as in not-out-of-the-ordinary) so that more people will be tempted to give it a try. Visit Site