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Use Lights In Low Light

The headline is good advice (it’s also the law). Anyway, here’s a video of my trip downtown yesterday morning for coffee and a bagel: Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle equipment, bicycle safety, cycling

Posted 02 February 2012 § advocacy § bicycle equipment § bicycle safety ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , ,

Legislative Alert From MoBikeFed

The following is a legislative alert from Brent Hugh, executive director of the Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation: We aren’t exaggerating when we say this ask has never been more urgent. Click this link to contact your member of Congress in support of bicycling and walking: http://support.railstotrails.org/site/R?i=MU6Bn3Xx8UZZlnZ9Tmaq9w Thursday, February 2nd, the Transportation Infrastructure committee in the U.S. [...]

Posted 01 February 2012 § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure § news § policy ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Glamorous Life of an Editor

Yes, you can live the dream! All you have to do is click this link: LINK. Doing so will take you to the latest copy of our new edition of Drive Less, Live More, our local bicycling booklet (see the first edition here). Only we’ll be calling it something else. The new title may be [...]

Posted 31 January 2012 § advocacy § news ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: ,

Carbon Trace Update

Stuff you should know: Now that I have a GoPro Hero, I need to put it to use. Be watching for some short videos about specific traffic conditions. I may throw a long one in there every now and then, too At the last STAR Team meeting we discussed our 2011 progress toward making Springfield [...]

Posted 24 January 2012 § advocacy § news ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Way Totally Cool

So I’ve been grousing for more than a year now that Springfield needs a women-oriented bicycle blog and/or cycle chic blog. In my media ethics class the other day I discovered that a student of mine has started such a blog and is trying to get a causal riding club going for women. Check out WhimCycle. Technorati [...]

Posted 20 January 2012 § advocacy § ecology § news ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

STAR Team Meeting This Evening

The STAR Team meets this evening — the kick-off to a great 2012! I just learned the meeting place has changed to the new offices of the Ozarks Transportation Organization at 205 Park Central East #202. That’s on the Square downtown. Meeting time is 5:30. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, cycling

Posted 18 January 2012 § advocacy § news ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Shunted to the Shoulders

Here’s a follow-up to my previous video of bicycle infrastructure in suburban Wilmington, Delaware. What you will see is painted shoulders with bicycle lane markings. But simply putting lane markings on a shoulder does not create a proper bicycle lane. These lanes demonstrate a complete lack of understanding about how to handle intersections.  These lanes [...]

Posted 08 January 2012 § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure § bicycle safety § policy § safety ‡ Comments (10) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Riding Into The New Year

My wife bought me the GoPro Hero for my birthday (available in Springfield at A&B Cycle) . I used it to make the following (interminably long) video yesterday of some bicycle lanes in suburban Wilmington, Delaware. I’m here visiting family. I grew up riding the streets you’ll see in the video. So what you have [...]

Posted 01 January 2012 § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure § ecology ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Old-Fashioned Service

Here’s an idea for Springfield’s bicycle shops that I found in Bentonville, Arkansas. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle infrastructure

Posted 27 December 2011 § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: ,

T’is the Season, May it be Happy

Posted 24 December 2011 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (3) °

Bieker Forum Discusses Bicycling

City Councilman Tom Beiker held a public forum at The Hub yesterday — first in a series of planned public discussions. The main topic was bicycling and helping make Springfield a bicycle-friendly community. I was unable to attend the meeting. The News-Leader published an article today. It’s difficult to tell how much talk there was [...]

Posted 07 December 2011 § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Carbon Trace Update

It’s week 15 of a 16-week semester. That means there’s lots to do. Subsequently, blogging will be a bit light around here for a couple of weeks. I’ll still post a few things, but I could go a few days between posts. See you on the other side Technorati Tags: cycling

Posted 29 November 2011 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Over The River And Through The Woods

I shopped for Thanksgiving a couple of nights ago. No problem handling the job by bicycle. Have a great Thanksgiving. See you on Black Friday. Or, rather, see you online. I won’t be shopping, although I might go downtown to hang out. Technorati Tags: bicycle equipment, cycling, utility cycling

Posted 23 November 2011 § bicycle equipment § ecology ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , ,

Let’s Be Careful Out There

Pretty… …but dangerous. These suckers are slippery when wet and piled up on the road. Let’s be careful out there today. The Weather Channel iPhone app let me down. It said no rain. I wore my raincoat anyway, but I left my rain pants at home. Halfway downtown this morning the light mist turned into [...]

Posted 22 November 2011 § bicycle safety § ecology § weather ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , ,

Wabi Sabi Chic

Take a look at this beater I saw on campus; it’s soooo wabi sabi. Everything on this bicycle looked ancient except for the new fork, the rack, and the milk crate. It’s a B.F. Goodrich. Technorati Tags: bicycle, bicycle equipment, cycling

Posted 18 November 2011 § bicycle § bicycle equipment ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,