The Eerie Early Warning System has detected a sudden upsurge in potential zombie activity, according to San Francisco Zombie Mob: With Professor Grenzfineski’s assistance, a zombie homing beacon has been hastily assembled and installed at the Main Library’s north-western corner on Larkin Street, by Fulton. This device will be switched on TOMORROW night, Thursday the […]
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed AB 1581 into law, which requires all new traffic actuated signals to detect bicycles and motorcycles after Caltrans adopts uniform standards, specifications and guidelines for these kinds of traffic signals. Traffic engineer Bob Shanteau is an avid cyclist and active cycling advocate. He will present this paper on “Detecting […]
With the great results from the previous StreetView contest, I have decided to launch StreetView Contest 2.0! Find a cycling related shot from GoogleMaps and post the link here. Best picture related to cycling wins a $20 Amazon Gift Card! For instructions on how to post links, visit Google Street View: How To Get Links. […]
There was a time when husbanding scarce resources was considered the patriotic American thing to do. See more of this WW2 bike safety pamphlet at FixedGear’s Flickr stream. Before America entered the war, bicycles were largely used as a means of recreation and pleasure, and for riding to and from school by young people. Now […]
Carectomy is a new blog and web resource for people who want to experiment with extracting cars from people. Carectomy focuses on non-car transportation issues, including bicycling, public transportation and even gasp! walking. Carectomy is part of the Ecogeek network. Check it out: Carectomy.
Google announced that Google Transit has graduated from Google Labs to become a fully integrated feature of Google Maps. When you request directions in Google Maps, if transit information is available within the requested area, you can click on “Take Public Transit” to get information about public transportation for your trip. The public transit trip […]