A reminder:
Cycling and Generational Politics
Why does the subject of bike lanes create such emotional responses, particularly among men of a certain age? Does this have anything to do with assumptions about how we should design cities, our transportation priorities, appropriate behaviour and even assumptions about the future? Let’s explore.
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Tuesday, Feb 10
6 pm
Musette Caffè Chinatown, 75 East Pender Street
Free
This Bike Café is a collaboration between SFU’s Philospher’s Cafe and the City Program
Here’s a theory from CyclingFront in England that I thought was interesting:
“it represents… the Baby Boomers, discovering that their power is over, generation X, Y and the Millenials setting the agenda.”
http://cyclingfront.blogspot.ca/2015/02/the-e-w-csh-disaster-for-london-and.html
What do others think?