Yesterday morning as I was cruising the news feed, I watched a 1950s animation of futuristic highways, then read an article about a Broward County bikeway lacking safe and efficient crossing where it intersects major streets. This is the Disney vision of future transportation in 1958: It’s a utopia of luxury and ease created by technology....
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From CBS News: “John Hofmeister, an ex-president of Shell Oil, says we’re looking at $5 a gallon gas in 2012.” From my observations, industry insiders tend to low-ball their price predictions.  On the other hand, he’s calling for more drilling, so he may be inflating the number in order to scare people into supporting it. If the...
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Check out this fabulous typographic bicycle by Aaron Kuehn!
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This is a sobering video.
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I have to say, this has been one of the most fun holidays seasons for me in recent memory. In addition to all the great Christmas lights rides, it’s just been a pleasure riding around town… alone or with friends. This is the first year ever I have not only experienced zero incivility, but...
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Video: Seidler Productions covers the Rails to Trails ride to AAA World Headquarters, December 13, 2010. RTC President Keith Laughlin and cyclists from around the state hand-delivered a petition with more than 51,000 signatures (33,000 from AAA members).
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From The SunSentinel: With recent approval of a contract with B-Cycle, Broward County commissioners took a big step in initiating a bicycle-sharing program in the county. The bike-sharing program is intended to reduce traffic congestion as well as reduce carbon monoxide emissions while also providing residents and tourists a cheapr way to travel. “We’re...
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I never heard that expression until I bought a light from a real bicycle store. It mystifies me when I see folks riding around with a single blinking white LED on the front. I just about jumped out of my skin when I was driving out east SR-50 and, well within “striking range” saw a...
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All this effort for 5 MPH. Bowing to persistent pressure from Brickell residents, bicycle and pedestrian activists, and city and county officials, state roadway engineers have agreed to reduce speeds along busy Brickell Avenue, as well as add crosswalks and “share-the-road” markings to improve safety. The changes will be incorporated into a...
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A new study estimates there are at least 500 million off-street parking spaces in the U.S. This represents 0.5% to 12% of estimated lifecycle energy consumption and greenhouse emissions, and 24% to 81% other air pollutants. —from Planetizen That is an externality of private auto use paid for by everyone — with our...
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