Posts from June, 2009

Your observations/musings/questions/concerns/rants are encouraged in the comments section.
Source: Russ Roca. Several more posts about the sharrows there.

The following is from a PBS interview.
BLUEPRINT AMERICA: You are a Republican – and you support transportation and infrastructure spending?
REP. MICA: Well, I tell you though, if you’re on the Transportation Committee long enough, even if you’re a fiscal conservative, which I consider myself to be, you quickly see the benefits of transportation investment. Simply, [...]

“Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.”
Did you see the Weekly article “How I got Hit“? I’ve been meaning to get to this for 2 weeks, but I’ve been busy with work… and I was grumpy. I’m still busy and grumpy, but I can’t let this go any longer.
The quote above has been [...]

Boy, I’ll bet everybody has one. For some it is Conway Road, but I don’t head south very often so I don’t know about that.
I can ride for miles on Colonial Drive or Mills or Aloma with nary a honk, but when I get on my particular nemesis road I can’t do anything right. For [...]

[ June 29, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] The Lake County Bicycle Alliance is hosting a “Your Roads – Your Rides” Florida Bicycle Law awarness meeting at The Cycling Hub in Clermont on Monday, June 29th at 6:30pm. This informational meeting is designed to raise awareness in regards to Safe Cycling in Lake County. Please take the time to come out and support [...]

A few weeks ago, I commented that there is an alternative to US 17-92 through Winter Park that is quiet, scenic and certainly less intimidating. Eric asked what roads I use. I’m answering now, with a map of the bypass route I use. Just for fun, I added some other connections that I’ve made from [...]

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Those Brits have some serious pothole problems on their paths.

In Florida there is one type of vehicle which may not pass within the same lane as a bicycle. Do you know which vehicle must change lanes to pass?

Thanks to The Orlando Sentinel  Frugal Force Blog for the link to the
How Much Can I Save Bicycling to Work? calculator.