December 5, 20116 Comments on Smug cyclists
The problem with cycling advocacy?
Our intrinsic snootiness is a real turn off, writes Will Doig at Salon.com. Who knew?
“We Are the Cyclists” Monkey Dust video hosted at 53×11.
November 30, 20114 Comments on Toyota’s Toyoda: Gas Is Great
While most Japanese auto execs touted the future of electric cars at the Tokyo Motor Show yesterday, Toyota president Akio Toyoda exclaimed he loves the smell of gasoline and hopes the choking, carcinogenic lung-destroying fumes of the internal combustion engine never become obsolete.
Toyoda also expressed disappointment in today’s generation, who don’t appreciate motor cars like he does. “Young people have little interest in cars as there are much more interesting things, and as an automobile maker, I find this quite frustrating,” he said.
H/T Tokyo By Bike
November 29, 2011Leave a Comment
Bike lane petition Monterey County for a road between Marina and Salinas. I’m personally ambivalent about a four inch vs six inch stripe, but the Farm Bureau’s official opposition to this project just seems petty to me. Might be noteworthy that California’s mandatory bike lane law applies if the stripe is six inches wide, whereas it does not for a four inch strip of paint.
More bike news below the fold.
November 27, 201110 Comments on Report: Green cars can save us!
A new study says radical behavioral breakthroughs such as “mass conversion to vegetarianism and bicycle commuting” are not necessary for California to meet its greenhouse emissions targets for 2050. 2006 legislation mandates greenhouse gas emissions in California must be 80% below 1990 levels by the year 2050.
November 16, 20114 Comments on Tights and riding boots
Seen on the Guadalupe River Trail, San Jose, California. I suspect she probably slipped a skirt on after she arrived at her office.
November 9, 2011Leave a Comment
Thank you to all who contacted your Senator regarding the mandatory sidepath law in S.1813. In case you missed the earlier update, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unamimously approved S.1813, the MAP-21 highway authorization bill. The bill goes to the Senate floor. Details about the process and further opportunities for your involvement are below the weekly collection of bike news.