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The Whole Perspective Thing

The New York Times published an amusing article about a “vast” shale oil field in California. I think these are the money quotes: Comprising two-thirds of the United States’s total estimated shale oil reserves and covering 1,750 square miles from Southern to Central California, the Monterey Shale could turn California into the nation’s top oil-producing [...]

Posted 05 February 2013 † Andy Cline § news § policy ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Escape From The American Dream

Today I begin a new series on Carbon Trace (haven’t come up with a name for it yet … perhaps the headline because, yeah, I enjoy irony). It is related to my long-running and still-active series called Our Urban Challenge. On Monday, my wife and I will sign a lease for a loft in downtown [...]

Posted 27 January 2013 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Thoughts On Bike-to-Work Week

It’s Bike-Bus-Walk to Work Week in Springfield. For me it’s just another week of doing what I do every day. Here’s the thing: I would not be doing it — commuting by bicycle — if it were difficult to do. Seriously. Why is it not difficult? Primarily it is not difficult because I live 3/4 [...]

Posted 17 May 2012 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle education ‡ Comments (12) ° Also tagged: , , ,

How To Increase Participation

My headline over-promises. I am not particularly interested in increasing participation as an end in itself. But it is clear that many bicycle advocates believe that providing such infrastructure as bicycle lanes, tracks, and separated paths does increase participation. According to recent studies, it’s not entirely clear what the cause-and-effect relationship actually is between infrastructure and participation. [...]

Posted 28 February 2012 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle infrastructure § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Over The River And Through The Woods

I shopped for Thanksgiving a couple of nights ago. No problem handling the job by bicycle. Have a great Thanksgiving. See you on Black Friday. Or, rather, see you online. I won’t be shopping, although I might go downtown to hang out. Technorati Tags: bicycle equipment, cycling, utility cycling

Posted 23 November 2011 † Andy Cline § bicycle equipment § ecology ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: ,

Moving Forward With Bicycle Facilities

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 [...]

Posted 17 November 2011 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle education § bicycle infrastructure § bicycle safety § ecology § news § policy § safety ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

It Ain’t Purty

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 [...]

Posted 22 July 2011 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Utility Cycling: There’s an App for That

Disclaimer: If you’re an iPhone user of long standing, this entry may be very boring for you. But do leave a comment if you have suggestions. Thanks! I’m a fairly recent convert to the iPhone. I bought my 3GS about two weeks before the new one hit the market (which saved me $$$). The app [...]

Posted 26 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle equipment § ecology ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , ,

Sign of the Times?

I got a surprise at a local grocery today: I was asked to leave my daypack in the front of the store because people, apparently using packs, have been ripping them off. I do not intend to identify the store in this post because I have not had a chance to speak with the owner [...]

Posted 21 August 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: ,

A Dangerous Syllogism

See if you can spot the problem (from montrealgazette.com): A 2003 study published in the Injury Prevention Journal by Peter Lyndon Jacobsen concluded: “A motorist is less likely to collide with a person walking or bicycling if more people walk or bicycle. Policies that increase the numbers of people walking and bicycling appear to be [...]

Posted 11 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Last Laugh

Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic (mandatory reading for all humans), posted a Slate column on Friday in which he considers how Hollywood treats non-drivers and bicyclists. We are, apparently, a bunch of losers and creeps. And the broader culture, apparently, is hip to this if not the source of it: Or perhaps it’s the wider society [...]

Posted 02 August 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Busy Morning on Fremont

Rode my bicycle to the Springfield Farmer’s Market this morning. My route takes me about two miles south on Fremont to Sunset where I turn left to get to the Battlefield Mall. The market is in the southeast corner of the parking lot — roughly the intersection of Glenstone and Battlefield. There was a lot [...]

Posted 17 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Homegrown Foods Opens

I’ve written before about riding to the Springfield Farmer’s Market at Battlefield Mall. We now have a new option close to home. Today I rode to the grand opening of Homegrown Foods at the corner of Pickwick and Cherry. That’s my Redline out front. And those panneirs are full of goodies grown locally. Technorati Tags: [...]

Posted 31 May 2010 † Andy Cline § ecology ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Why People Ride Bicycles

Don’t let that headline fool you. I can’t possibly cover a topic like that unless, of course, I cover it as the KC Free Press did — a short collection of photo interviews. The responses are, in my opinion, fairly typical and fit well with a few of my own reasons to ride: Get to [...]

Posted 27 May 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: ,

Built For Cars, Not People

American suburbs were built for cars during a time in which it seemed oil would shoot from the ground forever. And once we knew that such was not the case, we kept building suburbs because people wanted to live in them. People were also encouraged to do so by the culture and the government. I [...]

Posted 26 May 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § policy ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,