My mission in the cycling world is to empower individual cyclists to ride with confidence and realize unhindered access to the transportation grid. I believe we can transform our traffic culture, through education and social marketing, into one which recognizes that roads are for all people, not just the ones driving cars.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.—Michelangelo
Do you love your cargo bike? Has it changed your life? Your family? Your town? Join me in producing an authentic crowdsourced document of a cultural revolution in progress. I’m seeking submissions from cargo bike folk all over the world to combine in the form of a feature length documentary. Send me your video,...
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Just a couple more days and we get some relief.
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It’s my own damn fault. I pulled in with a 30lb bag of potting soil on Sunday afternoon, parked the bike and came upstairs to cool off for a minute. I was so overheated that, well, a minute became a few hours and I decided I would deal with the potting later. But I...
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TEDx talk by Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns. We’ve spent the last 60 years reconfiguring basically every space that we have to be able to accommodate automobile traffic.
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Bravo to Dan Gutierrez for this excellent compilation and analysis of dooring crashes. Spread it far and wide. It's time to rise up and demand an end to the government-sponsored duping of cyclists into riding where they can get killed.
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UPDATE: As noted in the comments, the video was removed from YouTube. Serge and Danc both managed to get their hands on a download of it and emailed it to me. Unfortunately, original link does not go to the YouTube poster’s page, so I can’t credit the originator of this video. This video is shocking....
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Join Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Robert Stuart and the Ivanhoe Main Street to celebrate the inauguration of our first newly installed bike corral in Ivanhoe Village Friday, September 30 11:00am – 12:00pm You can RSVP on Facebook.
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Check out this news report from 1978. When forced to go the speed limit, drivers became violent and dangerous. Wow! As a single vehicle going the speed limit (which is now 70 in most places) on the highway, I’ve been bullied by other drivers. Also, note the difference in fuel efficiency at 55 vs...
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Sept. 14, 2011 – Bike/Walk Central Florida, MetroPlan Orlando, and the Winter Park Health Foundation are launching an 18-month education and enforcement program to help make Metro Orlando safer for pedestrians. Funding for the effort will be provided by MetroPlan Orlando and the Winter Park Health Foundation.
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This is good all the way through, but the ending is especially excellent! Thanks Rich.
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