Posts from May, 2009

Movie made from still photos. This guy had already made one full circle before I started snapping pictures.
I fixed the video problem and uploaded it to Vimeo, you can still download an MP4 here, if you want.

As we’re formulating social marketing strategies, the two questions below came up. As a follow-on to Rodney’s excellent post about his evolution as a cyclist, I thought it would be interesting to ask your opinions.
1) If there was just ONE motorist behavior you could change, what would it be?
2) Was there one thing you [...]

Totcycle.com has a wonderfully funny article about riding with the kiddos!  Mostly tongue-in-cheek humor, and the rest is just funny!

Found a cool clip on YouTube.  This should eliminate 99% of the honks!

METROPLAN ORLANDO  has launched a new web-based mapping tool for Central Florida’s bicyclists.  This interactive system allows you to create a customized map using streets and paths which best serve your needs.
The mapping system allows you to view several layers of information.  You can turn layers on and off by selecting and expanding elements in [...]

Sorry to miss the festivities, but…

While living in Miami, FL, I had toyed with the idea to ride my “Target Special” bicycle to the gym and around my neighborhood.  Being a “Bike Noob”, I clung desperately to the sidewalk with fear as I made my way around town.
Having to deal with cars, trucks, and buses was too much to ask.  [...]

A (rather long) essay reflecting on the book Fighting Traffic by Peter D. Norton (MIT Press, 2008)
The street is an extremely important symbol because your whole enculturation experience is geared around keeping you out of the street.  “Just remember: Look left, look right, look left again… No ball games… Don’t talk to strangers… Keep out [...]

In October, I made the case for why municipalities should not divide existing wide lanes with bike lane stripes. Wide lanes already accommodate cyclists of all speeds and riding styles. This post is a follow-up with video showing the dramatic decrease in comfort to cyclists who are accustomed to riding assertively.

Just for fun, here’s another [...]

If you’ve only seen Dallas from the driver’s seat of a car, you don’t know what you’re missing!
A year ago, I knew nothing of Dallas except what I’d read: it’s one of our nation’s most sprawling, low-density, car-centric mega-metros; its many freeways are enormous and clogged with traffic; its arterial roads are jammed with impatient [...]