I ran across this article written by Dr. Morgan Giddings recently, and while it’s been out there a while, many of you, like me, may not have seen it. Dr. Giddings writes of the use of bicycles for utilitarian purposes, taking the place of the automobile, and how this phenomena is becoming increasingly relevant and...
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Question: What do the following two quotes have in common? Well-planned, well-designed, context-based streets are an integral part of a comprehensive transportation network that safely supports the needs of the communities and the traveling public, no matter how they are traveling. and The motor vehicle zone is generally considered the paved travel way of...
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I think I am on pretty safe ground when I say that eleven pages shouldn’t be necessary to explain a single, tiny aspect of traffic design to drivers. Yet, that is exactly how many pages the City of Minneapolis used when they published “Bike Lane Basics” complete with diagrams just in case the text...
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Here is a beautiful, poetic description of what makes The Dance work… and why it’s so easy for a self-assured woman. From the new blog, own the road: Role-models of distinction Confidence in their own status enables them to claim a share of the common land we call streets. They know they own the road. Their...
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Not in my lifetime, anyway. From the “Road Warrior” column in the The Morning Call (Allentown, PA 12/29/11 by Dan Hartzell I have nothing to add.
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Like most adults, I hadn’t ridden a bike in years. During a vacation to Mackinac Island in 2006, I rented a beach cruiser and took an eight mile ride around the perimeter of this “car free” getaway. After returning home, I researched bikes and selected an Electra Townie 7D. Not an electric bike, the...
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Business travel offers the opportunity to visit many wonderful cities. Often, however, that simply means flying in, taking a taxi to a hotel, and “touring” the inside of yet again another all too familiar lobby and set of meeting rooms. Then it’s a quick dash back to the airport in another cab and jetting...
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I experienced a superb example this morning of how bike lanes can make cyclists irrelevant. Rosalind Avenue through downtown Orlando has a designated bike lane.  While it’s next to on-street parking, it is wide enough for a cyclist to stay out of the door zone, and in the morning there are very few cars...
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So I open my Google News this morning and this headline catches my eye. Matt Reed: It’s time to let cyclists join traffic on Pineda Causeway I don’t think I have ever read anything like this in a newspaper before. Lacking a reasonable alternate route over the Indian River Lagoon, they risk tickets by...
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Seriously! I didn’t intend to have a mindset change or get this involved.  All I wanted to do was ride my bicycle back and forth to work to save on fuel costs and ride for fun. My Beginning Flashback to my start, My Own Ignorance for those that may need the history.  This was...
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