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Summertime and bikes

Sorry for the sparse blogging and bicycle news updates lately, but nice weather means time away from the computer and lots of time outdoors with my family. Bike the Bay: Teens cycle from Santa Cruz to Monterey and back Say hello to Pedro, age 14. This Harbor High School freshman rode his Fuji track bike read more »

San Diego Bike to Work Day this Friday

Brian K created this video to promote Bike To Work Day this coming Friday, May 17 in San Diego, California. More info about San Diego BTWD at I Commute San Diego. Visit the website to register for prizes, enroll in a corporate challenge, and find the location of dozens of “pit stops” with free food read more »

VTA budget notes

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) are working on their biennial budget for fiscal 2014 and 2015. VTA’s fiscal year begins on July 1. Here are my quick observations from selections of the draft budget.

Free bikes, Earth Day, and more

Happy Earth Day, you bike riding hippies. Did you know today is also the birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (pictured to the left with a bicycle)? He was an enthusiastic cyclist and photographer, combining both of these hobbies while traveling before beginning his second career as architect of the Red Terror. More bicycle news Free read more »

California legislative update

Diane Harkey’s AB 738 to indemnify public agencies and their workers from design defects on any road with a bike lane has been removed from the Assembly Judiciary Committee hearings calendar. I’m not really sure what this mean, though I can speculate that maybe the sponsoring legislator is considering pulling the bill after hearing how read more »

A different kind of commuter challenge

I love this challenge from Lady Fluer: The “Take the Anything Goes Commute Challenge.” What about you? How many commute options have you tried? Two, perhaps three? Have you tried everything? Maybe you should take the Anything Goes Commute Challenge with me. I’d love to hear all about your varied commutes. I know some of read more »