Although Miley Cyrus is now 16 and has her drivers license, it’s good to see she still likes to ride her bicycle around. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt ride full suspension Santa Cruz mountain bikes on the paved roads near their home in Los Angeles, California. Emile Hirsch was spotted teaching his girlfriend, Brianna Domont, read more
Rick Graves owns Clutch Couriers messenger service in Santa Cruz. I ran into Rick Friday night in Santa Cruz sporting a leather hairnet helmet. He’s as aware as you and I that these old style leather hairnets offer little to no protection, but I think they look pretty cool. Racing cyclists began using padded leather read more
The hardworking people at Transportation For America created this map illustrating service cuts, fare increases, and transit worker layoffs that have been proposed or have recently occurred in public transportation systems throughout the United States. Click on the balloons and dollars signs for details. View Larger Map How you can help. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) read more
Traffic was backed up all night through the Santa Cruz Mountains past my home along Highway 17. Even if you don’t know the codes it’s not too hard to figure out from the context. “TC” is “Traffic Collision”; “1125″ is traffic hazard (i.e. crashed vehicles are still in the roadway); “1141″ is ambulance requested; “1144″ read more
The process is moving quickly, so please act quickly! An early draft of the economic stimulus bill made provision for funding transit operations in addition to spending on construction projects for a total of $20 billion for transit. In the horse trading that always occurs during the legislative process, the operations grant funding was eliminated read more
About one hundred people showed up on a rainy Friday afternoon for the dedication of a new bike/pedestrian bridge that crosses the San Lorenzo River adjacent to Highway 1 in Santa Cruz, California. Highway 1 becomes of limited access highway with no pedestrian or bicycling allowed just east (nominally north) of River Street. This new read more
