Here are my thoughts on some of the big bicycle stories of 2010.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
PHP help?
December 29, 2010 – 3:19 pm
I wrote my first ever JSONP data provider in PHP during my (longish) lunch hour today. For a given “bounded box” of coordinates, it finds the bike paths within that box from OpenStreetMap and returns each path as a set of coordinates so you can use those path points as, for example, a polyline to read more
Windy, warm and $5 gas
December 29, 2010 – 12:06 pm
Our local weatherpersons forecasted big rain for today, but the Jet Stream blew it all south to Southern California again. Instead, we have wind from the north gusting up to 60 MPH. Since I’m going south for the evening commute, maybe it’s a good time to beat some Strava records. Too bad I brought my read more
Bike route update
December 28, 2010 – 7:49 pm
Quick update about my bike routing application: The cycle routing now works for Australia, New Zealand, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, Turkey, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. Bicycle routing also works for the handful of South Pacific island nations I’ve tried, such as Fiji.
SFPD Captain educated on cyclist behavior
December 28, 2010 – 9:00 am
A few weeks ago, Katherine Roberts was controlling the lane up narrow Masonic Avenue in San Francisco when an irate man driving too fast brushed past as he yelled and made obscene gestures at her. Some words were exchanged at the next intersection. After she turned onto Haight Street, somebody directly behind her started gunning read more
James Oberstar farewell
December 27, 2010 – 7:31 pm
A letter from James Oberstar, the outgoing chairman of the US House transportation committee.
