Overheard Last Night
Pizza and beer combined with an almost full moon — that was the setting as a dozen bike advocates from as far south as San Clemente gathered at my house to kick around bike safety priorities that hopefully Newport Beach…
The Case for Sharrows in CdM [UPDATED]
Tonight the Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee voted 6-1 for Sharrows on Coast Hwy through Corona del Mar. More details at bikeNewportbeach. The Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee takes up the case for Sharrows again — join us in the…
Rethinking the Automobile
StreetFilms just published a new film by Mark Gorton: Rethinking the Automobile. I've watched it several times over the past few days; it's loaded with great commentary. I especially like the quotes from Enrique Penalosa, a former mayor of Bogota…
Preparing for the Erie Canal
I've wanted to take this trip for a year: tour the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany, about 400 miles. I get my chance next month. It'll be a good tour for a rookie and I've talked my best friend…
Riding Boston’s Bikeshare
I had to take one out for a spin. I'd never ridden a Bikeshare bike before – Montreal was too cold and wet, in Barcelona I had no idea where I wanted to go, but here in Boston I did…
Cities for Cycling
Announced at the National Bike Summit, Cities for Cycling is a collaboration of 16 cities across the county to standardize roadway design guidelines that accommodate bicycles. See BostonBikes' Nicole Freedman host her colleagues from Portland, San Francisco and New York…