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Why it's Great to Have a Simple City Bike

I’ve had an idea in my head that I put it into reality towards the end of last year.  To live car free it’s important to have backup transportation.  That backup can be multi-modal public transportation with a simple city bike.

I’ve been commuting by bicycle for quite some time, but full time bike commuting has [...]

Nasty Weather but not horrible

Despite the warmer temps recently, I commuted by bike and bus this morning. It was a very heavy rain this morning, so I am glad I have rain gear (both jacket and pants) from North Face. I normally wear normal dress shoes on my bike when I am just riding to the bus [...]

Does walkability matter to a bicyclist?

I was so excited about finding a new online tool related to walkable, sustainable, vibrant places to live that I’ve caused a lot of disagreement with my wife.  Walkscore.com shows the walkability of a particular address or neighborhood, and when I saw my own address had a score of 9 out of 100, I was [...]

Can a City Really Change?

I attended the Charlotte area bicycle alliance meeting this passed weekend.  It was generally an encouraging and productive meeting.  I can’t wait to help and to see how some of the ideas are implemented.

The Mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx attended and had some interesting comments.  He didn’t make any [...]

Back on the steel horse

I’ve been making the best of January and now February.  It’s been pretty miserable weather months, but I’ve been able to average 2-3 days per week bicycle commuting.  The other days I ride my bicycle to the bus stop, which is about a mile, and take the bus the rest of the way to my [...]