Monthly Archives: March 2011

Silicon Valley Bakfiets

I saw two Dutch-style bakfiets (or “box bikes”) in the span of 12 hours. The first was Ginger and her two children last night in San Jose, California And then this morning I ran into Andrew crossing from Palo Alto into Menlo Park. It’s a cool coincidence; I’m waiting to run into three to call read more »

Highway 1 to open April 16

A 40 foot stretch of Highway 1 collapsed north of Bixby Bridge last week and a two mile segment remains closed to all traffic between Bixby Bridge and Palo Colorado Road south of Carmel. Although Caltrans initially allowed foot and bicycle traffic through the closed portion of highway in Big Sur, the danger of further read more »

EV Debate

I really like electric cars. But we need to quit pretending they’re in any way sustainable or all that great for urban mobility.

Nikwax and my socks

I washed my socks in Nikwax over the weekend and it feels really weird.

Urban planning and open information

I attended Transportation Camp West in San Francisco as an interested and somewhat informed observer.

103 year old cyclist

Some people are billing Octavio Orduño as the “World’s Oldest Cyclist.” Whether it’s true or not, he still deserves props for continuing to cycle though Long Beach California nearly every day just like he’s done for the past 40 years.