The eight lane Highway 101 partitions the San Francisco Peninsula with an eight lane wall of traffic from San Jose to San Francisco. The Caltrain line with its 50,000 daily commuters runs to the west of 101. Businesses, jobs and residential areas can be on either side of the highway. Many of the three percent […]
I’m talking with Lady Fleur and a couple of other people to start up a San Jose Bike Train. A bike train is a no-drop (~10 MPH) group commute designed specifically to help newcomers overcome obstacles like wayfinding. Our initial route will begin from Diridon Station in San Jose, with maybe a spur from near […]
Byron Kidd, an expatriate Australian who works and bikes in the Tokyo area, has asked me to forward this appeal for petition signatures to a wider audience.
Mike Gatto (D – Los Angeles) introduced legislation in the California Assembly this week to mandate an administrative six month suspension of driving privileges for those convicted of misdemeanor hit and run. Misdemeanor hit and runs are property-damage-only collisions. The penalty for felony hit and run — anywhere from 90 days in jail to five […]
Neel Kashkari, the moderate Republican who announced that he’s running for California governor, is apparently an avid cyclist. From Laura Blumenfeld’s profile of the man who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008 and 2009: Now, after six months of dieting and 45-mile alpine bike rides, the gym scale under Kashkari’s sneakers reads: […]
You know the screw on caps for Presta valves that everybody always discards? It turns out there’s a use for them. With a sharp knife, cut off the end of the cap. Screw this cut cap onto the valve and — presto! — you have a quick and dirty Shraeder adapter. This video shows how […]