Highly interesting excerpt from Colin Beavan’s (No Impact Man) blog a couple of days ago regarding an event that took place between he and New York State Senator Jeff Klein…
“Weigh it up: “he might scratch my black Mercedes” against “he might cause my little girl to be left fatherless.”
Weigh it up again: One guy is riding a bike that weighs a grand total of 22 pounds and has a relatively small potential to harm others. The other guy is in charge of a powerful machine that weighs a couple of tons. Which person has the greater responsibility to watch out for the care and welfare of people who may get in their path, by their own fault or not?”
Check out the full post here.
…I love the wording, he couldn’t have said it any better. Where do we, as society, place importance? What do we value most?
Moreover, going beyond the writing and the diction, was the way he turned, what could have been a very negative event, into a positive spin…creating the opportunity to meet with the Senator and place him with valuable information that could change his tune on NYC transportation, thus transforming the city into a more bikeable, walkable, and livable community.
Certainly inspiring and hopeful.
