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Walking in the Cold

Jason Peters continues to meditate on the virtues of walking at Front Porch Republic (re: Walk, Damn It!). This week he writes about what it means to walk in the cold.
And by now this walking has become habitual enough that, if for pressing reasons I do not or cannot walk, I feel that an important [...]

Posted 06 February 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

The Worst Commutes

Why do I have a 3/4-mile commute?
I have a 3/4-mile commute because that’s the kind of commute I want — one that makes driving a car a silly choice.
I’m lucky. I had the opportunity to make this choice based on my profession and my socio-economic status. Others are not so lucky. Sadly, most of them [...]

Posted 21 January 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Park It and They Will Commute

Tom Vanderbilt speculates that providing adequate bicycle parking will encourage more people to commute by bicycle.
I’m a big believer in the City of Springfield and local businesses / organizations providing suitable bicycle racks. The advocacy committee met last night and discussed producing a brochure to help developers properly choose and install racks. I’ll be working [...]

Posted 20 August 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , ,

How to Cut the Commute

Here’s an idea that seems to be rich in benefits: the 4-day work week. According to Scientific American:
“If employees are on the road 20 percent less, and office buildings are only powered four days a week,” Langmaid says, “the energy savings and congestion savings would be enormous.” Plus, the hour shift for the Monday through [...]

Posted 28 July 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Eat and Drive

It appears we Americans are not driving our cars as much as we used to. Nate Silver, writing in Esquire, says:
This is, historically speaking, highly unusual behavior. If there have been two seemingly immutable trends for the American consumer, they’re that he’s eaten more every year and driven more every year.
Not pretty.
I dislike “trends,” or, [...]

Posted 13 May 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged:

Just Crazy

Elisa Crouch and Ken Leiser, columnists for the St. Lous Post-Dispatch, take a quick look at bicycle commuting in winter for their Along for the Ride column. The headline writer apparently thought the whole thing added up to crazy.
I have two problems with columns such as this:
1. It makes cycling appear much harder than it [...]

Posted 18 January 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Moving on the Cheap

I should write some kind of introduction or manifesto to introduce this blog. I’ve been writing the Rhetorica blog for more than six years. It is a blog about press-politics and has a national audience. But recently I was posting some articles about local bicycle commuting-waaaay off topic. Personal or alternative transportation is a local [...]

Posted 11 August 2008 † Andy Cline § bicycle ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

More Bikes, More Trouble?

The New York Times reports:
This summer, the number of new cyclists has increased strongly across the country. In June, nearly 11,000 first-time riders participated in Denver’s Bike to Work Day. Dahon, makers of folding bikes popular with commuters, reports a 30-percent sales increase from a year ago, with many models having been sold out since [...]

Posted 10 August 2008 † Andy Cline § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: