photo courtesy of Charlton Bivins Like many days, Charlton Bivins rode his bike the short distance from his new dream home in the City of Jonesboro, Georgia to the five miles of paved multiuse trail […]
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.
Will Sandy Springs, Georgia Take the Lead? (Or Will It Be Your City?) UPDATED
photo above not far from the ghost bike in Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA. That’s a grown man on the bike. I’m 5’1. Children are smaller. Tomorrow I am invited to join a group of people […]
Fall in Love with Bikeshare
Bikeshare has had a “moment” this past year during the pandemic. It has exploded in popularity in cities where people, including many healthcare workers, are using it in place of buses and trains; to support […]
The Next Three Weeks as Your Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor (UPDATED)
SO much is happening close to home and around the world relating to the extraordinary intersectionality of bikes with economic, environmental, and social resilience during the biggest bike boom in generations — and this unprecedented […]
Clayton County, GA
If you have flown around the United States, there’s a strong chance you’ve been to Clayton County, Georgia. That’s because that’s where Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is located, and, as the busiest airport in the United […]
A Goal Is a Dream with a Deadline. Mine Is National Bike Month (May 2021).
A goal is a dream with a deadline, they say, and I’ve now more fully defined mine for National Bike Month in May (and am, in fact, knee-deep into it already). Here’s where I’m at. […]
Are You the Next Joe?
Email below reprinted with permission from City of Dunwoody City Councilor Joe Seconder. You’ve met Joe here before. If interested, see A Second(er) or Two about Why You’re Needed and Status Quo or Status Joe? […]
Nicely Done, DeKalb Library and City of Dunwoody (Plus An Additional Shout-Out to Laura Freeman!)
Nicely, done, DeKalb County Public Library and the City of Dunwoody. I enjoyed seeing this children’s book line the multiuse path in a contextually-appropriate spot at our city’s biggest park. It is child-height, in both […]
