Listen, the residents of the Kent Ave. neighborhood have said they’ll stop protesting everything if they can only have their beloved parking back and keep the children safe - I say give it to them.
[The Google Map appears to be out of date, as Kent Ave. now appears to be two-way.]
How?
Well, there’s one thing that [...]
Streetsblog Network blog ‘Bike Commuting in Columbus’ tells us the League of American Bicyclists has worked out an option for you to get that $20/mo you might have coming to you — check out Commuter Check from Accor Services.
I previously told you about BikeBux.com, but their website has been down for at least a couple [...]
If there’s no evidence to suggest it was just an accident, then you have to charge them with murder - if we can find them:
Woman On Bike Hit By Two Cars, Dragged 25 Feet
Sunday, December 28, 2008 – updated: 6:06 pm PST December 28, 2008
RICHMOND, Calif. — Police are looking for the drivers of two [...]
From the Overhead Wire, I’m not sure what Steven Chu is up to - he’s supposed to save the truth-telling until after he’s been confirmed as Energy Secretary.
I like the gradual tax increase idea. They could wait until the recovery to start the increases.
It’s a Sham Tram!
It’s a bus, but it looks like a tram - sort of - so that will make people want to ride it, because people only care about what their public transportation looks like - they don’t actually care about, you know, the ride experience itself. Or something.
Glad to see that not everyone [...]
Happy holidays, everyone. Just think of how many new bikers were created today! Check out this future Critical Masser:
[Image: Flickr / NCreedplayer]
What?? I’m juss corkin’ the intasection, dad — tryin’ to make sure no one gets hurt, that’s all. Takin’ back da stweets and all that.
Actually, from the looks of how old that picture is, [...]
Rail solutions - be they trams or light rail or heavy rail or whatever — look nice in the rain, snow, sleet - whatever. They’re nice to look at. They are aesthetically pleasing. Generally-speaking, they add to the beauty of the cities in which they operate.
Buses, on the other hand, including BRT of course, rarely [...]
Snow is not good for buses. So says UrbanMilwaukee.com.
Thanks to UrbanMilwalkee.com and FortWorthology.com and SeattleTransitBlog.com for all the pics and vids and links and info which I used to create the above collage of destruction and terror — fortunately, no serious injuries (that I know of):
FortWorthology points us to what rail looks like in the [...]
A quick tidbit for some light weekend reading. There were no serious injuries that I could tell, and no pedestrians or cyclists involved.
I’m sitting in the kitchen, looking down on the Tenderloin - it can be an exciting place, but around my hood it’s mostly drug busts - Rush Limbaugh-esque pills of various sorts.
I heard [...]
