As a League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor who specifically teaches women and girls, specifically in highly-diverse Metro Atlanta, I encounter a specific reality over and over again. And that’s this: Women and girls with […]
Tag: access for all
We shouldn’t have to beg, especially now
Officials in the metro-Atlanta suburb-city where I live know that unprotected, too-narrow bike lanes that don’t meet NACTO guidelines for speed and volume (such as what’s about to be installed here) are the wrong answer […]
Dear Mayor and City Council (UPDATED)
My metro-Atlanta suburb-city of Dunwoody, Georgia (which became the newest city in the USA in 2008) is showing strong local leadership regarding the current global crisis. My hope is that city leaders continue to do […]
1st Vulnerable Road User Ordinance in State of Georgia
This is the Pardo family. I crossed paths with them while Traveling at the Speed of Bike in our metro-Atlanta suburb-city of Dunwoody, Georgia, USA this past Saturday. They were struggling to get places safely […]
Meet John Plantaseed
Meet a United States military veteran who goes by the name John Plantaseed. He is disabled and travels around Atlanta in a wheelchair. I apparently crossed paths with him two years ago because I have […]
As people
Here’s Peachtree Street yesterday during Atlanta Streets Alive. You can see the view from the handlebars below on the same route (with the same added music) exactly a week earlier — with cars: So many […]
55 miles per hour
I’ve been thinking about Johns Creek, Georgia lately as I just turned fifty five years old. Fifty five miles per hour (about eighty eight kilometers) is the speed limit on the main road that connects […]
What access-for-all looks like
This is what safe-access-for-all looks like. This woman told me that she has trouble walking and this folding e-trike is her mobility device. The protected bike lane, which connects to both Piedmont Park and the […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 