Last year I reported here, based on a conversation at a STAR Team meeting, that the city was uninterested in painting more bicycle lanes. With the creation of new lanes on Division and Benton and the discussion at night’s STAR Team meeting, it has became clear to me that painting more bicycle lanes is in [...]
Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando and CyclingSavvy, has updated her excellent video Bicycling in Traffic is a Dance You Must Lead. Something to note: You are NOT watching “hardened” cyclists or “road warriors” or “adrenaline junkies” who brave the dangers of traffic. Bicycling in traffic is safe (compared to a lot of other dangerous things [...]
What ought to be the order of courtesy in traffic between car drivers and bicycle drivers? I think the best way to approach this question is to check what the law and common understandings of the traffic system call for. First among these is the order of right-of-way (304.351. 1. Right of Way). In general, the [...]
James D. Schwartz has an interesting post from earlier this spring about the cost of owning a car in terms of your time at work. The reality isn’t pretty: Motorists works 2 hours each day to pay for a car. Bicyclists work 3.8 minutes each day to pay for their bicycles. (Obviously the costs are [...]
Take a look at this bicycle I saw at the tennis courts today. Hmmmmm… Technorati Tags: bicycle culture, cycling
In no particular order of importance: Beware Springfield! There are outlaw nuns on the loose! Had a car full of them run the 4-way stop at Cherry and Hammons right in front of me this morning. What traffic laws would Mother Teresa ignore? STAR Team member Rick Scarlet and I are working on holding a [...]
This evening is my daughter’s first day at her first job. If you see her downtown, be sure to get a ride. And pay her lots of money for it Technorati Tags: bicycle culture, cycling
So, yeah, the Mudhouse was open this morning as usual. Business must go on — even on a holiday, and I’m happy about that. Where would I go in the morning otherwise to confer with my cronies and plot revolution? Today’s fat idea: Growing a bicycle culture in Springfield. What does that mean? Well my [...]
The Holy Grail of bicycle advocacy is numbers of kiesters in saddles on two wheels on the road. Some advocates are willing to do almost anything to increase participation — including putting novices in danger. There’s a “but”: It appears rather clear that the more people who ride bicycles in a given area the safer [...]
As a rhetoric scholar I love to write “rhetoric of” missives that over-promise what’s likely to be understood I went downtown this morning and found this bicycle parked at Walnut and South. There’s a perfectly good (and new!), 12-bike corral just across the street to the left. Hmmmmmm… Other things I noticed: 1. Downtown looked [...]
During our STAR Team visit to Columbia we got to see how PedNet operates and get an overview of its programming. We came away with many great ideas. You can check the PedNet website for details. The STAR Team members who participated in the field trip met for lunch yesterday to discuss what we saw [...]
Five members of the STAR Team of Ozarks Greenways toured the bicycle/pedestrian facilities in Columbia, Mo. on June 23-24. Columbia has earned a silver level Bicycle Friendly Community award from the League of American Bicyclists. GetAbout Columbia is the city program primarily responsible for the infrastructure. From its website: In 2006, Columbia, Missouri was selected [...]
I began my career out of college as a news photographer. I carried a camera 24/7 and was always ready. Those days are gone. I have my iPhone, but getting it ready for photography eats up precious seconds. So I can’t show two of the coolest things I saw this morning: two men, in business [...]
Today’s head-scratcher: From London to D.C., Bike-Sharing Is Safer Than Riding Your Own Bike. Hmmmm… what’s up with that? Here’s some speculation: For now, we can only speculate as to the reasons for this phenomenon. Streetsblog spoke with two experts on road safety, Professors Norman Garrick of the University of Connecticut and Ian Walker of [...]
OK, actually a reason that’s not talked about enough… So, what can bicycling do for us and our towns and cities? The usual reasons to ride a bicycle include: health, wealth, relieve traffic congestion, and (add two or three things you think of most). Kasey Klimes, wrting for This Big City, says the following is [...]
