Regular readers may know that we live where we do specifically to be within biking distance of my wife’s university. She had the short, three mile bike ride across town to her classes, while I have the 40 mile multimodal commute from hell. She completed her Master’s degree last year. We really like Santa Cruz read more
From the Wikipedia article on Jaywalking: According to one historian, the earliest known use of the word jaywalker in print was in the Chicago Tribune in 1909. The term’s dissemination was due in part to a deliberate effort by promoters of automobiles, such as local auto clubs and dealers, to redefine streets as places where read more
Highway departments across North America are unable to paint stripes on the pavement because of a shortage of two key components: methyl methacrylate (MMA) and titanium dioxide (TiO2).
I took this photo of this San Francisco Market Street cyclist getting the squeeze in 2006. The photo doesn’t show it well, but the driver pulled to the cyclist’s left, pulled up alongside her, and then nudged her right into the curb.
Bike Fort Collins is running a publicity campaign to put a face on cyclists and humanize us.
Condolences to family, friends and fans of Dr Frank Ryan. Perhaps we can learn something from his demise. The plastic surgeon to the stars texted a note about his Border Collie Jill while driving near his Malibu home.
