The City of Berkeley has secured $4.5 million to expand the current bike path system! The expansion will include a bridge over Highway 80 near the Marina, paving of previously unpaved sections, and expansions to link existing sections of path.
The paths will link parts of town that cyclists could previously only get to by riding [...]
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Congratulations, Berkeley!
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
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Bamboo Bikes, Item Deux
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
I’ve already written about Bamboo Bikes in the context of the Bamboo Bike Project put on by Columbia University’s Earth Institute. That project trains bike builders in Africa to build inexpensive bamboo bikes for the people who don’t have other transportation, but are in need of it for access to work, trading, food, and water. That, [...]
For the Holidays
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Tomorrow is Christmas eve, and this time of year usually makes me more vulnerable to feeling warm and fuzzy all over at the slightest thing. The effect is somewhat lessened this year, since it’s my first Christmas without snow and with palm trees, but lights and glittery wrapping paper and tv Christmas specials are enough [...]
An Educational MTB Race
Monday, December 21st, 2009
On Saturday I did something I haven’t done in about five years: I entered a mountain bike race.
Here’s the back story:
Five years ago, as a college freshman in Madison, the UW Cycling team convinced me that because so few women would be racing, even if I finished dead last, I could still get points for [...]
Cyclist vs. Bus
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Yikes! Sarah B., over at her Richmond District of San Francisco Blog is reporting that a bicyclist was seriously injured when he or she collided with a bus this morning. The cyclist apparently smacked into one of the bus’ side mirrors.
Apparently the kids on the bus were ok, just a bit shaken up. At least [...]
Wow! A New Bike Lane in San Francisco!
Friday, December 4th, 2009
They say it’s one step forward, two steps back, right? Well, having just posted about the two steps back in the world of Bay Area bike lanes, it’s time to write about that one step forward.
San Francisco got a new bike lane! It’s the first new bike lane in the city in three years, and [...]
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Congestion on the 40th Street Bridge
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
From the East Bay Bicycle Coalition:
Traffic lanes on the 40th St/Shellmound Bridge were reduced from 2 to 1 in each direction in Sept 2008 to provide a buffer for cyclists. Due to complaints from Emery Go Round and Bay Street shopping center management about traffic congestion the City of Emeryville is studying whether to return [...]
100 Bikes
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Occasionally someone does something that seems amazingly simple and like something I should have thought of myself. But I always wind up admitting that I could never have thought of it myself, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to execute it as flawlessly as the person who actually did think of it.
The [...]
Custom Art for the Bike
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Part of the cool thing about cycling is that it lets you express yourself in endless ways. You can express your concern for the environment by riding places that you would normally drive. You can express your artistic taste by picking a frame you like, and adding colored bar tape or grips, pedals, lights, or [...]
“Etiquette”
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
I’ve already written a little bit about different types (maybe mindsets is a better word) of cyclists , but a recent event has spurred me to further discuss the so-called “rules” of road riding.
Now, obviously there’s basic rules, like stopping for red lights. But there are also those other rules–rules that new riders don’t know. [...]