Winter biking season begins!

Fines for Failure to Yield to a Pedestrian Increase to $240

I believe what's good for pedestrians is good for cyclists, too.

Link: http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=3583

Warm Weather Continues - People Still not Biking Enough

While I'm sure it can be shown that bicycling is on the increase overall in the United States, and especially in places like Madison, where I live.  But we've had several 60 degree days in a row and while I would expect to see as many people out biking as there are in the summer, there aren't.  Why?  Do people put away their bikes for the winter, without expectation of riding at all until spring?  That seems short-sighted to me.  Winter is when we need to be as active as possible, in addition to keeping up the pressure on our local institutions to keep bicycling in mind when planning for the future.  If we aren't out bicycling in large enough numbers, everyone will assume that it's not feasible or realistic to support it through the winter.  There needs to be a critical mass of us out every day, or as many days as possible, biking.  The world cannot sustain more global warming caused by CO2 emissions, not can cars continue to run our bodies and quality of life into the ground.  I do realize that cars are good for many things, but why, oh why, on such a nice day do we need them at all?