The relief of ending my local advocacy work after so many years was immediate (my daughters were 8 and 13 when I started at city hall in leadership positions that addressed the bike stuff, and […]
Author: Pattie Baker
Writer, street photographer, urban farmer and global WWOOFer. League Cycling Instructor (#5382) and first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor as part of global consortium with Amsterdam-based social enterprise BYCS. Peace Corps Uganda invitee (June 2020, derailed due to COVID-19). Former CDC Foundation Communications Specialist with State of Alaska Dept. of Health on Healthy You in 2022 project. Mensa member. See books on Amazon in all global markets (USA link: https://www.amazon.com/Pattie-Baker/e/B005JBN7ZK) and on indie book sites.
The Final Finger Fell
I discovered yesterday that it happened. The final finger of the Hand of God Tree fell into the Chattahoochee River. This hand-to-stump transformation has taken about ten years. I’ve known, per my Higher Power, that […]
City of Dunwoody Announces 1st Pop-Up Protected Bike Lane “OTP” in Metro Atlanta (UPDATED)
For immediate release (please note this media release is aspirational and the city has not actually achieved this accomplishment, but could easily right now, today — see rest of disclaimer at end of post) Dunwoody, […]
Meet Susan Stokhof, Bicycle Mayor of Victoria, Canada
photo courtesy of Susan Stokhof Meet Susan Stokhof, whom you’ll often find riding on an upright bike with farmers market finds in her bike basket for a picnic in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia […]
My Ninth Month as Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor
I filmed a little TikTok in front of this All We Need Is Love art on the Atlanta Beltline last week. As you know, however, we do need a little bit more than love to […]
Can You Help? UPDATED
UPDATE: This goal was met. Thank you for your generosity! Hi. Last fall, and again recently, I taught numerous Pedal Power with Pattie classes (thanks to your purchase of my book) to two girls who […]
The Bike in the Basement
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, whom I saw last week for the first time since before COVID. He always gets “the bike in the basement” ready for me (meet Schwinneola here). He even came […]
