Another day. Another person riding a bike hit by a motor vehicle driver somewhere in our country (this time right down the block from me). Another email to city hall (with slight edits to improve […]
Tag: Dunwoody

For the Record
I know, I know. I sound like a broken record on these topics but I get a chance to sit and think about these things while Traveling at the Speed of Bike (and rollerskating). Plus, […]

A Trail of Views
So I got a notice this morning that 1.8k people within the first 48 hours have viewed my recent post on the community forum NextDoor (which I’ve reprinted at the end of this post*), where […]

$40,000 USD from 1 Customer — for 1 Reason
So word just got out that my local LIDL’s is closing in a week. Can’t say we didn’t see that coming. The place is empty almost all the time, with just a core group of […]

A Path Forward with Joe (Updated!)
Ugh — I keep adding to this post and it has gotten longgggggggg. Sorry about that! It’s intended to serve as a public record of rubber-hits-the-road truth in a city-at-a-crossroads. Chapters 2, 6 and the […]

Radical Act (my year-2 exec summary as bicycle mayor)
My active time as the first Metro Atlanta Bicycle Mayor as part of a global consortium with the Amsterdam-based social enterprise BYCS is now over. My final two months in pro-bono service (my term ends […]

They Don’t Speak for Me
Yesterday while I was riding my bike on the sidewalk to the park to lead this new weekly event, I came upon a mob of angry neighbors meeting on the sidewalk to discuss their opposition […]

Honestly, Whatever at This Point
I think perhaps I post these emails here now just so folks can know there was a background of trying to make things safer (and, of course, everyone’s always asking about BikeNoodle). I don’t expect […]