The problem with riverside bike paths

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Weather station KSJC located at San Jose International Airport recorded just under a half inch of rain in a six hour period on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. It didn’t seem like that much rain, so I figured the Guadalupe River Trail would be clear for travel where it dips to near the river level underneath […]

The myth of the 1894 horse manure crisis

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You’ve probably heard the story of how cars saved cities from the problem of crushing piles of horse manure. The usual telling rings true to modern ears: 19th century cities depended absolutely on horses for the transport of people and goods, so much so that great stinking mounds of manure polluted streets and our air. […]

Santa Cruz bike trail panel discussion canceled due to campus strike

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A panel discussion on “Forest Trails Talk: A Speaker Panel on Upper Campus Mountain Biking” scheduled this evening on the UC Santa Cruz campus has been canceled due to the University of California strike. Campus road entrances are blocked by pickets. Several people planned to bypass the roads to enter the UCSC campus via upper […]