This recent discussion of bikes for disaster planning reminds me of an idea to promote bikes for transportation under the guise of emergency planning. Quick Quiz: Who wrote this proposal for a bicycle civil defense drill?
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Don’t ask if it’s a hard job
January 10, 2012 – 12:02 pm
I hear the voice of experience in this Craigslist posting for a bicycle rickshaw job in Denver, Colorado: “Please don’t email me to ask if this is a difficult job. I will reiterate– you are lugging hundreds of pounds of human being around a city in the back of your giant adult tricycle. Also, please read more
Happy Monday
June 13, 2011 – 11:05 am
The return of nice weather to California means Highway 17 to Santa Cruz was packed with beach traffic. Between Scotts Valley and Ocean Street in Santa Cruz, Highway 17 is a limited access highway with no bicycles allowed, but when I saw the hundreds of cars stalled on the congested ‘freeway,’ I was so tempted read more
Diverse City
June 1, 2011 – 11:31 am
I was enjoying my free pancakes at a Bike To Work Day event in Colorado about a decade ago when I noticed Latinos on bikes streaming past on the way to their jobs.
2011 NICA award banquet
January 10, 2011 – 12:36 pm
High school mountain bikers honored at NICA banquet Muhammad Ali, Wilma Rudolph, Lance Armstrong, Magic Johnson. What do they all have in common? They’re all well-known sports heroes. They are more than just champions in their respective sports. They have all used their fame to give back, to inspire and encourage, and to call attention read more
Orange County talk: Drivers vs cyclists?
September 7, 2010 – 5:30 pm
An average of one cyclist is killed every month in Orange County, California. David Whiting, editor-at-large and columnist for the Orange County Register, will talk and lead a discussion on the issue of cyclist fatalities in Orange County, California. Whiting has been a cyclist on Orange County roads for 13 years.