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Explain Bicycle Lanes To Me

I’ll soon have the first results of my recent bicycle survey ready. But here’s an interesting preliminary result (as yet an uncrunched stat): A bunch of respondents (almost 40%) indicated that the best thing Springfield could do to make bicycling better is add bicycle lanes. And as I gazed across the columns of answers one [...]

Posted 17 July 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (20) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Springfield Bicycle Survey

Hello Springfield Bicyclists! I need your help to understand what’s happening on the streets of Springfield. Please take a few moments to fill out my survey. I’ll compile the results and report back here once I get a good sample. Please pass the survey to your friends. You can click the “like” button or use [...]

Posted 21 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Creating Connections With ‘The Link’

I’ve mentioned the coming improvements to the Springfield bicycle route system that will be paid for with the CIP tax. The improvements include route number signs and sharrows. The City also has plans for a new project called The Link — an exciting plan to link existing and new greenway trails into a coherent transportation [...]

Posted 11 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § news § policy ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Looks Like Fun!

Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando, just published this photo on Facebook. Her cutline indicates that drivers were giving them a full lane of passing width until they arrived at this bicycle lane. Then look what happened. By the way, that looks like 3 feet of clearence to me. Two things are going wrong here: Florida [...]

Posted 16 April 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Jordan Creek Greenway

I rode on the Jordan Creek Greenway a few days ago as part of my effort to document the environment of Springfield’s urban core as part of my Urban Challenge series. Jordan Creek runs east to west through the middle of the core. Jordan Creek Greenway from acline on Vimeo. Technorati Tags: bicycle infrastructure, bicycle [...]

Posted 31 March 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , ,

Riding Orlando

I spent Monday and Tuesday riding some great trails in Orlando, Florida with Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando. I’ll have a complete report soon, including photos and video. But it’ll have to wait until Monday. Until then, check out this destination along the Cady Way Trail. Thanks to all the Commute Orlando gang for the [...]

Posted 06 January 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Greenway Controversy

Cross-country athletes at MSU are not happy about a paving project on the Frisco Highline Trail, according to an article on the front page of today’s Springfield News-Leader. At the last STAR Team meeting, Ozark Greenways Executive Director Terry Whaley announced that some federal stimulus funds will be used to finish paving the trail between [...]

Posted 30 November 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged:

Alliance Training Weekend Report

Last weekend I was among the members of the STAR Team of Ozark Greenways who participated in bicycle advocacy training sponsored by the Alliance for Biking & Walking. The training took place in North Little Rock, Arkansas. About 40 advocates from states in the south-central region attended the training. The purpose of the training was [...]

Posted 22 October 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: ,