Pretty… …but dangerous. These suckers are slippery when wet and piled up on the road. Let’s be careful out there today. The Weather Channel iPhone app let me down. It said no rain. I wore my raincoat anyway, but I left my rain pants at home. Halfway downtown this morning the light mist turned into [...]
This iPhone photo doesn’t even come close… But this morning’s cool temperature, clear sky, and deserted streets made for wonderful drive downtown. Well, every drive downtown in wonderful when it happens on a bicycle Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, cycling, weather
Gonna be hot this weekend. It’s hot now. Can’t let that stop you from cycling. OK, so when it’s really hot you’re going to sweat doing just about anything — that includes walking to your car and waiting for the air conditioner to kick in. But I have always maintained, and still do, that it [...]
The following statement is based on imperfect, anecdotal evidence: It appears that pedestrians don’t write blogs (about pedestrian stuff) in the same numbers that bicyclists write blogs (about bicycle stuff). I recently decided to add pedestrian writers (or should that be writers of the pedestrian persuasion?) to the blogroll. So far: 6. Hmmmm… If any [...]
No, not that kind (although I play one). This kind. On a day like today… …fenders are a wonderful thing. A rain suit helps, too. Technorati Tags: cycling, weather
OK, so it’s obvious that Carbon Trace is now a weather blog. That’s the scene from my office window — the intersection of National and Grand (passable only by cars and able-bodied people willing to jump snow mounds). I miss my bicycle. In other news… HB33, the so-called safe-passing law, has been moved to the [...]
Today the News-Leader (in an article) and The Standard (in an editorial) call attention to the condition of Springfield’s sidewalks. It would be good if the mayor or a city councilman could make a statement about this — asking citizens to shovel the walks. The weather is going to get colder. More snow is expected. [...]
I mentioned in my Snowpocalypse coverage that someone stole my two snow shovels (older blue minivan with teenaged boy). Well, here’s what can happen: That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Technorati Tags: weather
Pedestrians will find a way — or make a way. On my walk to work this morning I noticed how many paths had been beaten into the snow creating something like a transportation network for people able-bodied enough to walk on ice and snow. The footprints and the number of paths tell a story: A [...]
I had a short exchange with @CityofSgf on Twitter yesterday regarding the condition of sidewalks in Springfield — something I’ve covered in two recent posts (here and here). The city has been working hard to clear he roads. I think they’ve done an excellent job given the magnitude of he storm. @CityofSgf acknowledged that the sidewalk situation [...]
I chose not to ride my bicycle downtown because the roads were still too icy this morning. And walking was out of the question because few sidewalks have been shoveled (except across the MSU campus) and snow piles have been push into sidewalk intersections creating mounds to climb over. Not gonna put up with 2+ [...]
Disclaimer: This is not a complaint about the hard-working people who plowed the streets for the City of Springfield during Snowpocalypse ’11. This is, instead, a complaint about all of us, i.e. our culture. In case one needed proof that the car is king of the road — indeed, king of all transportation modes — one merely [...]
It’s cold. And I dislike snow. So I’m spending the day inside. Getting lots done! Here’s some news from the CenterLines newsletter: -> From now until the start of the National Bike Summit in early March, you will be hearing a lot about Federal transportation legislation. The Senate, House, and Executive Branch are all signaling [...]
Hmmmm… Yucky, but not quite dire yet. There’s more on the way. The forecast now says 5 to 8 inches of snow expected today and 1 to 3 tonight. That’s a downgrade from last night. I went to bed with thoughts of 12 to 20. While I dislike the term “hardcore” to describe bicyclists who [...]
The official e-mail arrived a few minutes ago: Bicycle and Pedestrian Day at the Capitol has been postponed due to an impending winter storm. This one looks nasty. Technorati Tags: weather
