There has been a move to build more infrastructure for cyclists here. However, with limited space on the road, this comes at a cost… which has local businesses concerned. But there is the issue. How can you tell how you tell a driving customer from a walking customer from a biking customer? Especially when a cyclist is […]
There are many new bike lanes around town. However, just because there’s a bike lane it doesn’t mean that I get to bike in it. For a while I tried flag down cops and ask them to ticket illegally parked cars. But that really didn’t do the trick. However I have a proposal- one that will […]
I don’t know much about designing roads- but I think I know a little about it just from biking around the city. I really think the streets could be designed to better suit everyone’s needs. Maybe something like this: By doing it this way, suddenly all the unpredictable things are predictable and tucked inside neat […]
When I was a kid, biking was my favorite activity (after drawing.) Luckily I had a lot of space to do it. When I started biking to work I hadn’t ridden a bike in 10-15 years. I’d never experienced biking for transportation. So it was not surprising that getting on a bike made me feel like […]
I was waiting for an appointment the other day when I struck up a conversation with another woman in the lobby. She noticed my bike helmet and the conversation quickly turned to a discussion of cars versus cyclists. It was just on of those casual conversations you have with a stranger in passing. After voicing […]