The city of Santa Clara will hY consider bike lanes for the 1.5 mile portion of Tasman Drive within city limits between the Guadalupe River and Calabasas Creek. A consultant will study traffic on Tasman and propose ways to reconfigure the lanes on Tasman to make room for bike lanes. The green line below shows read more
The “Net Zero” gas tax Thirty years ago, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer proposed a revenue neutral gasoline tax to reduce consumption. To keep revenue neutral, he tied his proposed gas tax increases to a dramatic reduction in the payroll tax equal to the average tax paid nationwide. For example, if the average American contributes read more
Arizona’s safe passing law — ARS 28-735 — has the usual text that a motorist “shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet until the motor vehicle is safely past the overtaken bicycle.” ARS 28-735 infamously contains a get out of read more
The city of San Mateo, California is centrally located between Silicon Valley and San Francisco on the San Francisco Peninsula. Over half a million vehicles cross through the city daily on US Highway 101. Another 300,000 vehicles pass through San Mateo on Highway 92, while about 50,000 vehicles travel through on El Camino Real (ECR). read more
Twitter user @sumnums tweets statistics and other numeric trivia to his feed. He recently published an unlikely figure: fewer than 10% of workers at the United States Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs, Colorado drive to work.
Urban trail poaching in San Jose, California. Those of you who regularly cycle along the Guadalupe River Trail north of Coleman Avenue and alongside Mineta San Jose International Airport have likely seen the “NO PUBLIC ACCESS” signs for that mystery trail on the east side of the river. I happened across found footage from somebody read more
