My days Traveling at the Speed of Bike often include a train*. Here is a photo from yesterday of my fellow travelers on the journey of life. * Atlanta’s MARTA system is one of the few systems in the USA where you can take a bike on the train at any time, including during rush hour. Advertisements
Tag: MARTA
A small hand in the Super Bowl
Yesterday I had a very small hand in the significant series of murals currently being painted with support by the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee, the City of Atlanta, and the WonderRoot arts organization — and you can, too! Simply sign up for volunteer opportunities here. I signed up for two hours for the mural being…
BuHi
I got curious about some things yesterday and chose to ride MARTA bus 39 up and down Buford Highway. I was surprised to discover that a recent Living Walls mural (September 2017) that I had photographed while Traveling at the Speed of Bike is now gone. I later found out why. See the artist’s latest mural…
If I hadn’t paused to take this photo . . .
So yesterday in the sudden quiet after the international bike tour guests left and we had closed up shop, I took this photo of Attica in the old cotton-holding facility where Bicycle Tours of Atlanta is located and then rode her back to catch the MARTA train to come home. It was later than expected…
This week’s to-do list
So on this week’s to-do list, I’ve got: Call the investigator who contacted me via certified mail asking me to get in touch about my recent MARTA train police report; send a copy of Traveling at the Speed of Bike to Gay Talese and REI (who/which are both in the book); plot out routes for…
Outdoor/transit campaign
You may see my book promoted out there while riding on the MARTA train or driving on the most dangerous highway in the USA (I-285/Perimeter Highway in metro Atlanta, Georgia). Then again, you may not. You may already be busy traveling at the speed of bike (in which case you’ll especially appreciate it — see…
1 of USA’s fastest-growing counties talks bikes
I get an email from the Bike/Walk Committee head at a neighboring city’s Sustainability Commission (for whom I had taught a bike skills lunch-n-learn for women). She connects me with the Transportation Outreach Coordinator at Gwinnett County Transit, who wants to promote bikes as part of multimodal travel throughout Gwinnett County, the suburban-sprawled, car-dependent county…
