You know what makes me happy? New bike-friendly infrastructure! And the other day while I was wandering around in the sunshine, I found some fun improvements on SE 34th between Clinton and Division. 34th here used to be a two-way street with parking on both sides, which left it feeling…
In an unprecedented move yesterday, I actually took the bus for most of my commute to work. Whaaaaat? Stasia opting to take the bus when there’s a bicycle in her hot little hands? Yep. Basically what it came down to was a whole bunch of wrenches thrown into my morning,…
A bikey wander along the south waterfront today made me remember how much I like a lot of the stuff going on down there. It’s been “developing” for as long as I can remember, at least 10 years since I lived in Lake Oswego and biked that way to get…
If I take the direct way there (ha! which I very rarely do;), this is approximately what my commute to work looks like right now: When I get to Washington Park, the green part on the left of that route, I head up Kingston Dr, a lovely meander through the…
It’s 6:30pm, and James and I are driving all around the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, looking for a parking spot. As we go up one street and down the next trolling for empty curbsides, I am about to blow my top. “How do people put up with this shit?” I…
There are a lot of really sad bicycles in New York. Bikes chained up (and, in fact, most of them are chained, not U-locked) and seemingly forgotten about litter the sidewalks. Many are missing integral pieces — say, a wheel, or two, or a seat, or the handlebars. Many have…
I may spew happy-go-lucky about bike adventure, but the ability to have bike adventures depends in large part on a bigger context of bikeability in this world. With that in mind, welcome back to guest blogger Dieter Loibner, keeping it real in the following:) (good intentions…) Part I: Is more…
Yep. These two pictures about sum it up. At least for the Sacramento suburbs where my mom lives. 1. The old bike-lane-in-the-parking-lane trick: And… 2. The old bike-lane-halfway-in-the-gutter-and-fully-in-the-garbage-lane trick: So that’s fun! 🙂 It’s not actually a huge deal since, as you can see, the streets are huge and not crazy heavily…
Let’s be honest here: I’ve been a little reluctant to take my bike on any train that doesn’t have roll-on service — that is, a train where you can just show up with your bike, roll it up to the baggage car where there’s a hook waiting for it, and then…
Anyone familiar with Epic Rap Battles of History? If so (or even if not;), check out this spoof by John Greenfield, pitting John Forester against Mikael Colville-Andersen. John Forester, I learned, is an American bicycle transportation advocate who believes in “vehicular cycling” — that is, integrating motorists and cyclists on…