As a tradesman, I was taught two very important things. One was “Attention to Detail!” and the other was “Use the Right Tool for the Right Job!” “Attention to Detail” means to single-mindedly finish one thing before moving on to another (so much for multi-tasking) and “Use the Right Tool for the Right Job”...
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A qustion that I have wondered about for many years because there is no question that many, if not most, poor people are crazy. I became crazed once at the corner of Howell Branch Road and SR-436 when I attempted to use the marked crosswalk there. Cars turning right on green refused to let...
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I’m going to pass this along without comment. I am concerned, though, because I recognize some names and  . . . well . . . If I am wrong, please let me know, but I can’t support things that some of these folks do such as 10,10 & 4. Debbie Hunt, FDOT, Chair Jena...
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Something from Copenhagen is becoming a worldwide phenom. Has nothing to do with cycle tracks or lanes or anything else. Cycle Chic stresses utility cycling and above all else, looking good doing it. If you visit the original site, you can read about burning issues, such as how to cycle in a skirt,  correct...
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$2.4 million settlement reached in wrongful death suit over fatal bike accident on Menlo Park’s Sand Hill Road From MercuryNews.com Seven months after agreeing to a $2.4 million settlement in his wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Menlo Park, the husband of a woman killed while riding her bicycle on Sand Hill Road...
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From the NY Post March 18, 2010: A Bronx cyclist was killed in a freak accident yesterday when the driver of a parked car opened his door and knocked her into the path of a city bus, authorities said. The 57-year-old woman, identified as Megan Charlop, from The Bronx, was riding on Crotona Avenue...
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In the interest of making constructive suggestions, I found an idea that I can support. It meets legal requirements, if not Greenbook recommendations. Details from the Boston Globe owned website.
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Fishing for ideas. We can cast blame where ever we like . . . But now it is time to make lemonade from lemons. I was thinking about this and something else that has been weighing heavily on my mind and wonder if they can’t be combined . . . What’s been bothering me...
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Since the 1930′s, London and other cities in the UK used pedestrian guardrails. If you haven’t been there and seen them, here is a pretty good picture from the Daily Mail. As you can see, in some places, they are on the sidewalk and line entire streets. In other places, they start about 100...
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This is a map of something being called a “trail extension” between the Cady Way Trail and Colonial Drive. It was constructed last year with a completely clean slate. Property was condemned, the old street was torn up and rerouted, new drainage piping and curbing was installed as well as a new drainage pond. ...
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