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T’is the Season, May it be Happy

Posted 24 December 2011 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (3) °

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 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Off Topic, But Super Interesting :-)

I’m teaching our new MED130 Fundamentals of Media Convergence class this semester. I started a demonstration blog over the weekend called Reflections in the Screen. I’ll be posting multimedia content there, some of it original for the site but much of it coming from Carbon Trace, Rhetorica, and Ozarks News Journal.

Posted 19 September 2011 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments Off °

Peace

Posted 25 December 2010 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (3) °

(Bicycle) Lane Behavior

I had an interesting encounter on Boonville yesterday on my way to the Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee meeting of the Traffic Advisory Board (more on the meeting tomorrow). The section of Boonville through Jordan Valley has a door-zone bicycle lane. I was stopped at the light at Olive heading north. I was first at the light. There [...]

Posted 27 October 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (14) ° Tagged: , , , ,

ONE Conference at MSU

The Ozarks New Energy Conference continues today at Plaster Student Union at Missouri State University. I was a speaker on a panel yesterday about living car-lite in Springfield. The panel included Terry Whaley, executive director of Ozark Greenways; Mike MacPherson, principal planner with the City of Springfield; and Rick Scarlet, member of the STAR Team [...]

Posted 08 October 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § news ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Glimpse Into The Lane Wars

Check out this video about bicycle lanes in New York City: Streets Blog takes an interesting position: This video critique of the new bike lane on First Avenue has been making the rounds, and it must give some comfort to John Forester and the vehicular cycling school. Vehicular cyclists reject all forms of bicycle-specific infrastructure and believe [...]

Posted 04 October 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Odds and Ends; Not Too Odd

I intend to read and review Cycling: Philosophy for Everyone soon. I submitted an essay proposal for this book way back when, but it was not accepted. An essay by Russell Arben Fox, a contributor to Front Porch Republic, was accepted. He discussed his essay in a recent post examining the politics of transportation bicycling and trying [...]

Posted 24 September 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: ,

Earth Day 40 Years On

I was 13 years old on the first Earth Day and already an eco-warrior of the sort young teenagers tend to be — earnest, strident, and clueless. I’m not sure how much has changed. Scattered thunderstorms here today, so I’m on foot. I’ll “celebrate” the day by pretty much just doing what I usually do [...]

Posted 22 April 2010 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Helmets Again… Again

On a slow news day, start a helmet war Here’s my contribution: As a rhetoric scholar I’m always interested in arguments (usually not the shouted kind). And I find the argument that helmets make bicycling look scary worth examining. I appears to go something like this: Helmets make bicycling appear dangerous. People generally try to [...]

Posted 01 September 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Green Day in KC

I’m in Kansas City for the Green Day concert — 21st Century Breakdown Tour. So no bicycle blogging today or tomorrow. Check back on Friday.

Posted 12 August 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments Off °

February Thaw

A February thaw, or false spring, is quite common in Missouri. This is the land of volatile weather. If you don’t like the weather, just wait 30 minutes. We enjoy four seasons with a vengeance Today will be partly cloudy and breezy with temperatures reaching the 70s. It feels a lot like late March out [...]

Posted 10 February 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Academics and Bicycle Commuting

I have a guest post at the Social Science Research News blog encouraging academics to commute on bicycles. One highlight: Live too far from work to commute? Not a problem. You can still cut back your driving by committing to walking or cycling for short trips close to home. A recent National Household Travel Survey [...]

Posted 30 January 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Speech & The Call

“We have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly.” –Barack Obama Barack Obama is now President of the United States. He used his inaugural address to call Americans to action. I wanted to be called to rebuild America. I intend to answer the [...]

Posted 20 January 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments Off °

This Land

Posted 20 January 2009 † Andy Cline § ‡ Comments Off °