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Originally Posted by SVOboy
If you had a site what kind of content would you be looking to put up there? Just a main page discussing the issues surrounding the speed you drive or something more in depth?
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Both. At this point, it's still not solidified obviously.
Something (probably graphs) to show immediate pocketbook benefits, the broader aim of enabling convenient, low speed and hence economical transport everywhere, some bumper stickers to buy or print out perhaps, a forum where people can perhaps organize areas that they want to "take back" perhaps, for example the logical joins between bike paths that are non-bicycle friendly, especially at peak commuting times, particular highways, etc.
There should also be reasoning based on empirical testing and physics, for those who want to know the reasons before they do something. The recommendations must be above all, correct.
Probably the first aim is to first enable low speed small displacement motorcycle type transport between every destination through highways that don't have stoplights. This will increase the number of motorcyclists, which will increase both the care that other motorists display towards them, and also their political clout.
After velomobiles approach something like the Quest and beyond (i.e. extremely low drag coefficients, good electrical assist and regen system), we can work on a 50kph (or so) speed limited road system everywhere. Something like 50kph should allow for good velomobiles and athletes while also not being too fast to endanger slower people. (Making this a secondary priority also enables a larger number of people to acquire velomobiles.)
The idea is not to eliminate the faster lanes, but for there always to be a safe choice to go slower. For example, I see no reason why a tandem velomobile (i.e same frontal area, same Cd, somewhat more rolling resistance) should not be able to cruise around 70kph or more.
