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CIP at the Council Meeting

The City Council last night heard public comment on Council Bill 2010-073 — calling for a special election in June to renew the 1/4-cent Capital Improvements Sales Tax. STAR Team Chairman Bruce Adib-Yazdi was one of three citizens who spoke in favor of the tax. No one spoke against it.
Bruce’s remarks were confined to supporting [...]

Posted 09 March 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

What MO Citizens Want

The Missouri Transportation Alliance has been studying what sorts of MoDOT policies citizens will support. Click here for a report on the findings by Brent Hugh of the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation:
The good points from our point of view:

MoTA is recognizing that people want to be able to have the choice to bicycle, walk, and [...]

Posted 09 February 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

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: ,

Getting Serious

Getting involved in bicycle (and active transportation) advocacy is serious business. How do you discover/plan the right course of action to encourage people to get out of the cars once in a while?
Like many other bicycle advocates, I have approached this question programmatically, i.e. identify a problem or opportunity and then dream up a program [...]

Posted 12 January 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Missouri Scores OK in PDI Rankings

The recently-released Dangerous By Design report by Transportation For America shows that Missouri has plenty of room to improve pedestrian safety. But there are bright spots.
From the TFA website, here’s an explanation of the city rankings:
The Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) is a measure of the relative risk of walking, adjusted for exposure. It is calculated [...]

Posted 12 November 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology § news ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Multi-modal Tuesday

I had to go to Kansas City yesterday to take care of business. I decided to go multi-modal.

Mode #1 was our Honda Civic. One could fly to KC from Springfield if one wished to pay more than $600 to do so (according to my search of Expedia for a booking with 5 days advanced notice). [...]

Posted 16 September 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Price of Gas?

Up until a few minutes ago I had no idea about the price of gas these days.
My daughter and I walked to school this morning because it’s sprinkling. I’m good to go in the rain on my bicycle. But I don’t make her ride in the rain. It’s a teenage hair thing.
Ah, I thought, a [...]

Posted 02 September 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (13) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Shovel Ready, Baby!

This is the scene outside my office window right now.

That’s part of the Grand St. and National Ave. intersection improvement. Apparently they hit a water main. And it has created a big mess.

Technorati Tags: traffic design, transportation

Posted 28 August 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged:

Changing Hearts and Minds?

Do safe-driving PSAs work (i.e. change hearts and minds)?
Following my posting of a new and controversial British PSA yesterday, Keri Caffrey posts a few more at Commute Orlando and asks some good questions:
What kind of message breaks through the Culture of Speed to actually change a viewer’s behavior? Do graphic messages have unintended consequences? Do [...]

Posted 26 August 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (8) ° Also tagged: , , ,

No Accident

This British PSA about texting and driving is getting a lot of attention.

This does not portray a traffic accident. It is a crash. It is the predictable result of stupid and stunningly self-centered behavior.
And, as is all too often the case, the self-centered miscreant that caused the crash lives and others die.
This Friday a law [...]

Posted 25 August 2009 † Andy Cline § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

More 4-way Follies

I decided to spend 30 minutes at the intersection of Cherry St. and Hammons Pkwy. on the MSU campus just to celebrate the beginning of school and test my new video camera. This is a 4-way stop. I recorded the action between 3:30 and 4:00, a time when most students are heading home or starting [...]

Posted 25 August 2009 † Andy Cline § 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: ,

Letter to the Governor

The following is a letter to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon from Missouri Bicycle Federation Executive Director Brent Hugh:
Office of Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon
Boards & Commissions
State Capitol, Room 216
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Fax (573) 751-1495
RE: Importance of knowledge of transit, bicycling, and walking in Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Appointments
Governor Nixon,
I am writing on behalf of over [...]

Posted 13 July 2009 † Andy Cline § news ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Drive Less, Live More Now A .pdf

Our Springfield utility bicycling booklet — Drive Less, Live More — is now available as a .pdf file! I’ve added a page under “Important Stuff” on the sidebar.

Technorati Tags: 1-mile Solution, active transportation, bicycle advocacy, bicycle culture, bicycle politics, bicycle safety, cycling, green revolution, green transportation, sustainability, traffic law, transportation, utility cycling

Posted 12 July 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § announcement § news ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,