The Bike & Pedestrian lane on the Benicia-Martinez Bridge opened Saturday. Interstate Highway 680 crosses the Carquinez Strait over the Benicia-Martinez Bridge to connect Contra Costa and Solano counties. “The opening of the pedestrian/bicycle path is an exciting milestone that signifies completion of the final improvements to both spans of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge,” explained Bijan read more
On a bicycle downtube… “If every Jack and Gill loves bicycle so much, every road would be so marvelous place.” From Engrish Funny.
I was hoping to put this off until tomorrow, but it’s breaking news right now on the NYT, Freakonomics, and the LCI list. A few days ago, the University of Toronto released an interview on it’s website with Dr. Chris Cavacuiti. Here’s an excerpt: Dr. Chris Cavacuiti of the department of family and community medicine read more
Them Germans know how to handle bike thieves — an 82 year old man has spent 46 years of his life in the clink for bike theft. He was first convicted in 1947, when he was 20 years old. Each time he gets out of prison, he goes right back to stealing bikes again. Local read more
This is the Google Map view of “Creepy Phil” Garrido’s backyard, where Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two children were imprisoned. Note the blue tarps and tents. If you want to punch the address in yourself, it’s 1554 Walnut Avenue, Antioch, CA. Streetview is also available of this address.
I like the LA Times blog commentary on no helmet Obama as he rides around the bike paths of Martha’s Vineyard. Discussion also Copenhagenize. Some of the reaction from the peanut gallery include “truly despicable,” and “What kind of fool doesn’t wear a helmet?” If you want to wear a helmet on a slow bike read more
