For weeks my news feed had been bombarded with articles about the increase in crashes and the horrible, horrible conditions cyclists have to live with from North Dakota to LA. Oy Vey! It’s rare to read an article about cycling in traffic and not cringe. Today’s Washington post brings us a delightful article about...
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Buy a motorcycle or scooter or take the bus… or suck it up and drive your car. Better yet, take a bike ed class and learn how cycling in traffic can be easy and enjoyable. Yes, we all face BS from motorists from time to time. And even those of us who pro-actively protect...
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for hitting a cyclist? Mekeda Cato was riding her bicycle on the sidewalk in the 700 block of South Atlantic Avenue when a car jumped the curb and hit her . . .
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Soaring prices at gas pump are changing consumer behavior across the state, motivating Floridians to cut back on fuel consumption to a level never seen since the state began keeping records 35 years ago.
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This one just came through the news feed: Swedish man wins bike for ‘most ridiculous commute’ STOCKHOLM (AFP) — A man deemed to have the shortest and “most ridiculous commute” in Malmoe has won a bicycle as part of a campaign to reduce car traffic in the southern Swedish city , an organiser said...
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Most of us would be thrilled to have a shower at the office. Imagine having a locker room, secure bike parking, free emergency taxi service, bus passes. That would be great! How ’bout a free bike (with fenders, lights, rack & helmet thrown in), and free classes on bike handling and roadside maintenance. Need...
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Also pulls a trailer.
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On “Today at the Pump” MSNBC reported from the Pinellas Trail about the upsurge in bike commuters nationwide. Houston (which must track these things) has seen a 33% increase in bike commuters! They show full bike racks in West Palm. I was there last weekend and not only were the racks full, there were...
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Google Alerts brings me a daily barrage of articles on bike commuting. I’d like to say I read them all, but I don’t have time. I skim for interesting headlines and uniques stories, and I look for patterns. This year’s pattern is obvious—as I’ve written before, it’s gas prices. Here are some recent headlines...
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An initiative has begun to put Public Utility Bikes (PUBs) on the streets of St. Pete. This will be a traditional bike-share program, similar to the ones originating in Europe in the 1970s and tried in a few US cities in the 1990s. The plan is to station bright green bikes at “art racks”...
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