But it had to deal with a challenging environment — a hilly, rainy city with a mandatory helmet law and a downtown area clogged with traffic and with few protected bikeways.>>> seems to be working in philly and i did notice some in DC. They are everywhere and there must be 1000 bikes just from the locations that i observe or know about. Philly is flat and semi bike friendly with no helmet law. I saw one in the middle of the vine street/ben f bridge/i95 access area crunched. i bike to work and use bike lanes and sidewalks were the buses and taxis are nasty.
Helmet laws are horrible ideas intended to discourage cycling. They work really well at getting more people back into cars and keeping them there. Who knew that Seattle could be so much against green transportation.