I’m currently reading Mark Johnson’s 400 page Spitting in the Soup: Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports.
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Reading: “Spitting in the Soup”
August 9, 20161 Comment on Reading: “Spitting in the Soup”
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Author: Richard Masoner
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SF Bay Area: View road funding applications online
August 8, 2016Leave a Comment
As the designated regional transportation planning agency (RTPA) for the state of California and the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Federal Government, the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) administers State and Federal transportation funding for the nine-county Bay Area. Local agencies requesting State or Federal funds through MTC must submit Complete Streets checklists for all transportation projects.
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Throwback Thursday: American pro racing in 1989
August 4, 2016Leave a Comment
Make America great for East Coast road racing again!
Who remembers the Tour de Trump, which was going to be even greater than the Tour de France?
Believe it or not, when race organizer Billy Packer proposed naming this bike race after Donald Trump, Trump initially refused because he was worried about the media reaction. We can blame pro cycling for the development of Trump’s apparent narcissism.
The winner of the inaugural race in 1989 was Norwegian Dag Otto Lauritzen racing for 7-Eleven. Greg Lemond, racing for Z-Tomasso, would win in 1992, by which time the race was called the Tour DuPont. Lance Armstrong, racing for Jim Ochowicz’s Motorola, won the final two editions of this race in 1995 and 1996.
Caltrans studies bicycle crash risk
August 3, 20162 Comments on Caltrans studies bicycle crash risk
Alert: Wonky stuff ahead.
Although the absolute numbers of bicycle crashes in California have long been available through the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), evaluating crash risk has been difficult because of poor exposure data — we don’t track the number of miles people ride on a daily basis like we do for automotive traffic. Although statewide data is still limited, researchers from UCLA and UC Berkeley used newly available bicycle count data to better evaluate crash risk. They used this exposure data to better determine what factors (socioeconomic and infrastructure) correlate to higher crash risk.
Red dots on this map show bicycle crashes as logged through the California Highway Patrol dispatch system, January 1 2016 through August 2 2016. This map is updated every 15 minutes. Click map for the updated zoomable view.
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Administrivia: My image licensing terms
August 2, 2016Leave a Comment
I have over 20,000 images at Flickr.com/bike, many of which are available for you or anyone else to use for any purpose you want under the Creative Commons “Share Alike – Attribution Required” license.
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San Jose Lincoln Avenue paving to make road diet permanent.
July 28, 20162 Comments on San Jose Lincoln Avenue paving to make road diet permanent.
Those of you who bike on Lincoln Avenue through Willow Glen have already noticed the city has ground out the bike lanes and other road markings.
This is the paving work to make the Lincoln Avenue Road Diet permanent, per the city council vote on June 28, 2016.
The work should be complete by tomorrow, although the new asphalt might still be a little sticky for a couple of days.
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