Steeltown to Georgetown

I rode my bicycle from Pittsburg to Washington DC recently. Why? Obsession.

The 324 mile trip is almost entirely on car free bike trails. The first half is on a beautiful Rails to Trails crushed limestone path. It’s a gradual climb from near Pittsburgh to the 3,300 foot long Big Savage Tunnel at the crest of the [...]

NYC Gets a New Bike Rack Design

The NY Times reported the winner of the CityRacks Design Competition in New York today, a contest to find the next generation design for all the city’s sidewalk bike racks. The winning design, called “Hoop” is by Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve from Copenhagen.
If only we could get the Bike Plan Injunction lifted [...]

Bikes (Officially) on BART

The BART system is refurbishing its cars with a designated “BICYCLE PRIORITY AREA”. A seat has been removed to do this. It’s a clever design that doubles as expanded standing room for passengers during rush hours, when bikes are not allowed.

What Happens when You Don’t Have Enough Bike Parking?

So you want to go to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival on your bike. You ride over to the park at around 1pm and you are greeted with the following scene:

Where do you lock your bike? To a tree, of course:

The lesson? Always make sure you have way more bike parking than you think you’ll [...]

SF Gets It’s First Bicycle Light

It’s not Amsterdam but it’s a start. After two years with zero bicycle improvements due to a legal challenge we finally installed our first “bicycle traffic signal”. As an often marginalized citizen of the streets the sight of that green light with a bicycle symbol on it is heart warming.

The Danish Minivan

In Copenhagen 65% of the people ride a bike every day. So what happens when you have kids? Do you buy a minivan? No, you get a cargo bike, with the cargo being children. Note the see-through front panel with a great view for the little ones of what happens next.