These photos are from Dunwoody, Georgia, USA. See page 136* of my book No. No more compromises that kill. No more too-narrow unprotected bike lanes that don’t meet NACTO guidelines. No more door zones. No […]
Tag: NACTO
Shop (No Drop) Ride for All!
So, like other 58-year-old women, I needed new threads for rollerdancing! I’m specifically looking for affordable pieces that are bright and fun so they swirl and pop on my Tiktoks (tap in to @speedofbike!). They […]
“A Little Birdie Told Me”
I just ordered this Birdie alarm device because a dangerous-by-design feature has recently been added along the multiuse path in the parks in my city that creates specific new vulnerabilities especially for women and girls […]
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 […]
Yet another email to city hall
For what it’s worth — here’s yet another in a long line of emails I’ve sent to my local city hall over the past decade (some of which I’ve featured on my blogs as well) […]
Truth?
Truth? This kind of bike ride* is not my idea of a good time. But after the past week seeing a wide range of very sick people while helping my mother in the hospital**, I’m […]
Multiuse paths for “commuters”
Here’s what it looks like to “commute”* on busy Ashford Dunwoody Road in the self-proclaimed “family friendly” metro-Atlanta suburb-city of Dunwoody, Georgia. Please note (and expand your definition if you haven’t already done so) that […]
A gift to your future self
This is a senior riding a bike in the suburb-city where I live, on a main road that is one of the flattest and most direct to many places but which has either too-narrow unprotected […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 