Comments on: Bike Miami No More? http://www.slowbikemiami.com/bike-miami-no-more/ Style Over Speed All Over Miami Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:32:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Daniel M. Perez http://www.slowbikemiami.com/bike-miami-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Daniel M. Perez Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:07:07 +0000 http://www.slowbikemiami.com/?p=276#comment-50 Hey, Matt. From the phone conversation I had, I had the feeling that the depth of budget cuts, and thus the lack of funding for Bike Miami Days, was a surprise. What isn't a surprise to me is that no large sponsor has stepped up to take advantage of this and make a huge impression by saving the event. The company that pulled out at the last moment (I won't say which as I'm not sure that's supposed to be public knowledge or not) could have stood to gain from such a major sponsorship, I think, but then again, it also has a history of flakiness, so what can I say. I don't think the irony of the timing between Miami 21 and a (possible) lack of Bike Miami in the fall is lost on the organizers. Their hands are just tied, at least acting as members of City Hall. The ideal would be for an NGO to swoop in right now and buy Bike Miami off the city. I like the idea of crowdsourcing it; it would require a very strong organizer, though. Let's see if the Bike Miami team drops by later with more comments. Hey, Matt. From the phone conversation I had, I had the feeling that the depth of budget cuts, and thus the lack of funding for Bike Miami Days, was a surprise. What isn’t a surprise to me is that no large sponsor has stepped up to take advantage of this and make a huge impression by saving the event. The company that pulled out at the last moment (I won’t say which as I’m not sure that’s supposed to be public knowledge or not) could have stood to gain from such a major sponsorship, I think, but then again, it also has a history of flakiness, so what can I say.

I don’t think the irony of the timing between Miami 21 and a (possible) lack of Bike Miami in the fall is lost on the organizers. Their hands are just tied, at least acting as members of City Hall. The ideal would be for an NGO to swoop in right now and buy Bike Miami off the city.

I like the idea of crowdsourcing it; it would require a very strong organizer, though.

Let’s see if the Bike Miami team drops by later with more comments.

]]> By: Daniel M. Perez http://www.slowbikemiami.com/bike-miami-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Daniel M. Perez Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:52:18 +0000 http://www.slowbikemiami.com/?p=276#comment-49 Matt made a few comments on Twitter I'd like to bring here as well. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/81424/"></script><noscript><iframe name="tp81424" id="tp81424" width="500" height="200" frameborder="0" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81424/" style="overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;"><p><a href="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81424/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">View mherzber’s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/81426/"></script><noscript><iframe name="tp81426" id="tp81426" width="500" height="200" frameborder="0" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81426/" style="overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;"><p><a href="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81426/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">View mherzber’s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/81427/"></script><noscript><iframe name="tp81427" id="tp81427" width="500" height="200" frameborder="0" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81427/" style="overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;"><p><a href="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81427/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">View mherzber’s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript> I asked, "How could we crowd source Bike Miami?" <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/81428/"></script><noscript><iframe name="tp81428" id="tp81428" width="500" height="200" frameborder="0" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81428/" style="overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;"><p><a href="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81428/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">View mherzber’s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/81431/"></script><noscript><iframe name="tp81431" id="tp81431" width="500" height="200" frameborder="0" src="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81431/" style="overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;"><p><a href="http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/81431/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">View mherzber’s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript> Matt made a few comments on Twitter I’d like to bring here as well.

I asked, “How could we crowd source Bike Miami?”

]]> By: Matt Herzberger http://www.slowbikemiami.com/bike-miami-no-more/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Matt Herzberger Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:09:03 +0000 http://www.slowbikemiami.com/?p=276#comment-47 Do you think it could be community run and less structured? volunteer police and more in public spaces than city streets? This could reduce the cost and make it more sustainable. .-= Matt Herzberger´s last blog... <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mattherzbergercom/~3/JxLYv37M7t4/" rel="nofollow">Get those gravatars</a> =-. Do you think it could be community run and less structured? volunteer police and more in public spaces than city streets? This could reduce the cost and make it more sustainable.
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