CSTI 2018: Scott Bricker Bike Pittsburgh

It’s not about the bike

It’s about putting people first

I want to plant the following three seeds today •

Humans are meant to walk, but walking is often engineered out of human environments. We can change this!

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That we’ve been investing in the wrong things for decades. Time to learn from our mistakes!

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That we must spend money on communities not commutes. Time to flip the script!

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And that we need to plan for great communities through the lens of abundance not scarcity. The money is there!

People killed in 2016: 37,461 People killed per day: 102 Serious injuries/day: 6,693 (~2.5M) Pedestrian fatalities per day: 16 Peds seriously injured per day: 192 –NHTSA Quick Facts 2016

To recap •

Humans are meant to walk, but walking (and therefore biking) is often engineered out of human environments in favor of making things more hospitable to cars. It’s a choice so we can change this.

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We’ve made a lot of mistakes over the past 70 years. I hope we’ve learned from them!

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That we must stop spending so much on commutes and instead spend on communities. We must put people first!

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And that the money is there to help realize this future!