August 8, 2011Leave a Comment
After taking Sunday off (to take care of the yard and the garage), Monday presented a good opportunity to get the week off to a high-mileage start. The commute is typically a 9-10 mile affair, but I decided that with the past two months setting record highs in mileage for the year, that I may as well keep building on it. (more…)
August 5, 20119 Comments on SF Supervisor: Bikes in office buildings
San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos wants city legislation to allow bikes to be parked in doors in commercial buildings.
August 5, 20113 Comments on Study: Bike share saves lives
BMJ.com (nee the British Medical Journal) published a study today showing that a bike share program in Barcelona, Spain saves human lives while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The benefits from increased physical activity far outweight the risks from increased exposure to traffic and air pollutants.
August 4, 20111 Comment on Here’s what’s happening today
Many people blame political intrangience for today’s stock market plunge. That’s part of it, but there’s a deeper reality. Our nation’s fiscal priorities couldn’t be more completely hosed, but resource limitations are the fundamental basis of our economic dreariness over the past five years.
A five minute video highlights some of the factors behind Richard Heinberg’s End of Growth thesis.
August 4, 20115 Comments on No Vehicles
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.
Bicycles are defined as “devices” instead of vehicles under California law in the CVC 231:
231. A bicycle is a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels. Persons riding bicycles are subject to the provisions of this code specified in Sections 21200 and 21200.5.
So, does that make me a devicular cyclist in California?
“No Vehicles Sign” photo by Marcus Quigmire CC BY 2.0 license.
August 4, 20114 Comments on Open discussion: Bicycle access on trains
I wrote a post on my new blog, Grid Chicago, about bicycle access on transit in Chicagoland. It’s that metropolitan area with Chicago, Illinois, as a hub and reaches to a small part of southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. We’ve got Metra trains (like Caltrain), and Chicago Transit Authority trains (like BART and Muni underground lines).
There are definitely ways to improve getting bikes on trains over here, and I opened up the discussion to readers to suggest improvements. I’m going to record everyone’s comments into a database so that when it comes time to push the transit agencies to make changes, we’ll know where to start.