Do you remember that shared lane lane with green painted along 2nd Street in Long Beach California way back in 2009? The city of Oakland is apparently painting part of 40th Street with green. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition calls these Supersharrows, and wants to know what you think of them. Supersharrows are essentially sharrows […]
The city of Salinas, California will close a 1.6 mile stretch of Alisal Street to traffic and open it up for people for their first open streets event on Sunday, October 6, 2013. View the entire event flyer here, or watch for updates on the Ciclovia Salinas Facebook page. Via Mari Lynch in Monterey County. […]
The California legislature wrapped up the first year of their two year session last Friday. Damien Newton in Los Angeles tracked a few bills that may be of interest to you. I have a couple more here. First of all, a correction: Damien mistakenly reports that AB 417 (CEQA exemptions for bike plans) died in […]
Picture me riding downhill on a fixed gear bike, kicking to skid to a stop when the chain snaps. There’s just a thrilling second of freewheeling. Before I can even think of reacting the broken chain wraps itself between the rear fork and the spinning wheel. Suddenly, the wheels locks up tight, and I skid […]
Update: Bay Area Bike Share tells me I shouldn’t be able to do this. It’s a bug, not a feature. I experimented a little more and discovered timing seems to be key, which maybe suggests a software race condition? (Original post redacted. I originally thought this was too cool to be a bug. Turns out […]
Seen in a San Jose bike shop. The story goes that a traveler named Ghisallo was attacked by roving bandits. He ran to a nearby shrine and sought refuge after he was drawn to the shrine by an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Religious leaders later proclaimed this apparition — the Madonna del Ghisallo — […]