(Japan) Out of Disaster, a Burst of Enthusiasm for Bicycling

[phantom power]

Mr.Kobayashi is director of the Bicycle Usage Promotion Study Group, a nonprofit organization that promotes usage of bicycles in Tokyo. Since March 11, when an earthquake devastated northern Japan and rattled the Tokyo metropolitan area, the streets of Suginami ward, where he lives, have teemed with wobbly bikers pedaling their way to work.

“The increase was sudden and visible,” he said during an interview.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/business/global/18iht-rbog-bicycle-18.html

[bhikkhu]

1. I wish the same could happen here

...(though without the massive disaster part).