Word: bike
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...response, the Undergraduate Council sent a letter expressing its opposition to the bill to all nine members of the City Council. The U.C. letter argues that banning bike-riding in the Common would endanger bikers, who would have to face the significant hazards of cycling on Cambridge's congested and often-snowy streets...
Niether--both sides have equal merits. The City Council's plan to protect little kids--certainly a noble goal--would put big ones in danger. And the Undergraduate Council's letter ignores the risk of bike accidents in the Common...
...long-term solution--which the Undergraduate Council, to its credit, mentions in the letter--is the creation of special bike paths in the Common or special bike lanes on city streets. Such an arrangement would serve the interests of both parents and bikers. It would cost money, to be sure, but it beats the dangers of either the status quo or the pending City Council bill...
...next thing I know, some guy on a bike rides by and bumps me as if he wanted to see if a bike could do as much damage to a person as a Mac truck. Almost...
...Walking the bike] is a pain and defeats thepurpose of riding, especially in the winter," hesaid...