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.…
I’ve had another dream…
Last month I wrote about my interview with the City Council regarding my application for the Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee; read “Listen In”. The gist of that post was that my interview hadn’t happened yet, but I wrote as if it had — I can report back to you that my actual interview this past Wednesday was amazingly on-script. It was like I knew the answers to all their questions…
This capability of predicting the future, I think I’m increasingly prone to ESP, or call it intuition, because starting around the holidays I got Apple TV and since then I sit mesmerized by the TV show Medium. Yes, it’s low-brow culture and part of me is reluctant to admit I love the show, but the whodunit aspect of each episode really grabs me. As a result I’m already into Season 5, which is a big investment of time on the couch. Is the intuition Allison Dubois is famous for rubbing off on me? You be the judge. I’m not seeing dead people, but I do seem to have a knack for predicting the future of the new Bike Safety Committee.
Bike advocates from across Orange County gathered last night for a Sunset Soiree in support of the Orange County Bicycle Coalition. Co-host and OCBC Executive Director Pete Van Vuys invited the assembled to contribute to the non-profit and by the…
Ever been on a Walkability Audit? Neither had I, but when it was suggested that would be a good time to meet Dan Burden, I couldn't resist. And San Diego is a lot closer than Port Townsend, WA — his…
He's the Director of the $10Million SRAM Cycling Fund which underwrites advocacy projects. He's seen many advocacy applications and he shares his opinions on what's effective and what's not. If you're a bicycle advocate it would pay to listen to…
Overnight, Corona del Mar got some new striping along Coast Hwy, some new signage, too. Let's take a look: first a new bike lane... The idea here is that cyclists will stay out in this lane because to move them…