Traffic was backed up all night through the Santa Cruz Mountains past my home along Highway 17. Even if you don’t know the codes it’s not too hard to figure out from the context. “TC” is “Traffic Collision”; “1125” is traffic hazard (i.e. crashed vehicles are still in the roadway); “1141” is ambulance requested; “1144” […]
The process is moving quickly, so please act quickly! An early draft of the economic stimulus bill made provision for funding transit operations in addition to spending on construction projects for a total of $20 billion for transit. In the horse trading that always occurs during the legislative process, the operations grant funding was eliminated […]
About one hundred people showed up on a rainy Friday afternoon for the dedication of a new bike/pedestrian bridge that crosses the San Lorenzo River adjacent to Highway 1 in Santa Cruz, California. Highway 1 becomes of limited access highway with no pedestrian or bicycling allowed just east (nominally north) of River Street. This new […]
Mark Stosberg lists some good, inexpensive ideas that have worked for him in Richmond, Indiana.
Patrick started the popular Velocouture group — a collection of cyclists with their stylish clothing — on Flickr a while back. To “make 2009 the year of Vélocouture,” he started the Velocouture blog (style that moves you) to discuss riding bikes with your clothes on and highlighting some of the more interesting photos posted to […]
But it’s not me, it’s UltraRob. He’ll pick a winner at random for everybody who enters the contest by 8 PM U.S. Mountain Time tonight. Peak chicken? What I Saw At the Inauguration: The traffic was so bad, and so chaotically handled, that everyone had a story. Mine: Stuck for more than an hour near […]