There’s no escaping psychology And since the first human-like creature used the first tool there’s been no escaping the fact that our tools change us. Not just help us. Change us. So I was interested to read What Drivers Really Thing About Bikers: The History And Psychology of Sharing the Road in Good. Two things: [...]
A short list: 1. Me traveling along Cherry east-bound at MSU. Girl pulls out of sorority parking lot on bicycle, also heading east. Me traveling in a commanding lane position 5 feet from curb roughly right-center in the lane. She riding along the face of the gutter. Car approaches from behind and passes me by [...]
Step one, DO NOT WATCH THESE VIDEOS by the AAA and the LAB!!! Oooops. You watched them, didn’t you? And after I told you not to. So, is it clear why theses are bad videos? Here’s a hint: lane positioning. It simply cannot be that these videos are a mistake and that Andy Clarke, president [...]
It’s Bike-Bus-Walk to Work Week in Springfield. For me it’s just another week of doing what I do every day. Here’s the thing: I would not be doing it — commuting by bicycle — if it were difficult to do. Seriously. Why is it not difficult? Primarily it is not difficult because I live 3/4 [...]
Check out the Bamboo Bike Studio. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle design
Come to PechaKucha #6 this Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at the Creamery Arts Center. I’m on the program giving a talk about the 1-mile Solution. It’ll be cool. So, yeah, be there. Whatinthehellis PechaKucha? Technorati Tags: 1-mile Solution, bicycle advocacy
What can happen after a community spends a lot of money painting bicycle lanes? Well, someone will get the idea that, having spent so much money, bicyclists should be required to ride in the lanes. Check out what Keri Caffrey writes about why that’s a problem. A couple of highlights: Forward focus is your priority in a [...]
The Let’s Go Smart initiative is live — we’re livin’ it! This new campaign by the STAR Team of Ozark Greenways is a multi-modal concept aimed at encouraging people to think about their transportation choices. This is more than bike-ped advocacy. We’ve re-designed and upgraded the former Drive Less, Live More booklet. It’s now called Bike [...]
Check out the cover picture of the new edition of Effective Cycling. What in the heck is that person doing? Are those parked cars on her left? Why is she on the line? Why isn’t she commanding her lane? Is that the image of modern urban bicycling? Why are her feet strapped into pedals in [...]
I often walk to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I do not head downtown first on those days. Plus, I like to mix it up. Walking home yesterday — all of 3/4 mile — I saw five separate incidents of people being silly on the streets. Upon seeing the first one, I thought: Oh, [...]
Police training is one of the important educational programs of PedNet in Columbia. Click here for a promotional video about this training. I’m in the video talking about the time a police officer honked at my daughter and told her to ride on the sidewalk. She was riding legally and responsibly on a residential street [...]
I’m in Las Vegas for an academic conference. This morning I went for a walk — Tropicana to the Convention Center by way of The Strip. Wow, things have sure changed since I was here last (circa 1994). The walking environment is, well, interesting. I’ll have commentary, photos, and video when I return. Technorati Tags: [...]
I’m lucky to live in the Midwest because my natural way of being fits the general (stereotypical?) ethos. I grew up on the East Coast, but I left there pretty much knowing I would end up in the Midwest. I’m not making any claims against other regions of the country. I was lucky today, on this [...]
Does that make me odd? Tom Vanderbilt takes a 4-part look at walking in America in Slate: Which is what walking in America has become: An act dwelling in the margins, an almost hidden narrative running beneath the main vehicular text. Indeed, the semantics of the termpedestrian would be a mere curiosity, but for one fact: [...]
Next week the STAR Team kicks off a new campaign for alternative transportation. I’ll have more specifics as we get close to the main event: Who: Joe Kurmaskie, The Metal Cowboy What: A public talk about bicycling When: 19 April at 7:00 p.m. Where: City Utilities Auditorium, 301 E. Central Click here for the official [...]
