As we take photos of ourselves (or others) waving with our bikes for the worldwide #RollingWave* social media campaign for World Bicycle Day June 3, I want to also highlight a different type of rolling […]
Tag: Bicycle Friendly Community
Meet Meghna, and Face the Cold Hard Truth about Bike Education in the USA Right Now
So I get an email from a woman I don’t know a few weeks ago. Her name is Meghna; she is a young mom with two daughters; and she never learned how to ride a […]
Are You Ready for an EPIC National Bike Month This Year?
It’s coming, and the excitement is mounting! This May will be the second National Bike Month during the biggest bike boom since the 1970s! And not only do more people have and use bikes, but […]
Your Awards Are Not More Important than Our Lives
in tandem alongside each other; together. one behind another. I was trying to take a break for the holidays to work on my new book, Slow Duck Crossing. However, because of what happened yesterday, I […]
I Honestly Shouldn’t Tell You This
I honestly shouldn’t tell you this because I increase my chances of winning if there are fewer people participating. But this is how much I love you — I want you in on the (much-needed) […]
Atlanta, By Bike (and Why Metro Atlanta Leaders Are Invited)
This bike lane was named one of the top 10 in the USA in 2013 by PeopleForBikes, yet had fallen into astoundingly dangerous disrepair and neglect over the past few years as the flexible plastic […]
Bike-Friendly?
As we await the imminent announcement from the League of American Bicyclists about its newest Bicycle Friendly Community award winners across the USA, I thought I’d republish (from years ago) my Baker’s Dozen* Audit for […]
The Width of a Prius
So I discovered something interesting yesterday. I cut a pool noodle to four feet in length, since that’s the minimum width that a bike “facility” (i.e paint on the road, or something actually protective) must […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 