Commute by Bike

‘Social Engineer’ Your Kids (with Chariot Child Carriers)

Ted Johnson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:21:37 +0000

This is supposed to be about bike trailers of a particular brand, that carry children, and happen to be on sale right now from my employer. I wasn’t sure how to approach this article until a few minutes ago when I saw a friend of mine post this on Facebook: This is an actual friend [...]

Bike-Friendly Restaurant: Baja Loco (Phoenix, AZ)

BluesCat — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:04:16 +0000

BluesCat is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, who originally returned to bicycling in 2002 in order to help his son get the Boy Scout Cycling merit badge. His bikes sat idle until the summer of 2008 when gas prices spiked at over $4.00 per gallon. Since then, he has become active cycling, day-touring, commuting by [...]

Laser Lite Lane: A Bike Lane Wherever You Ride

Karen Voyer-Caravona — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:06:58 +0000

Karen Voyer-Caravona is an admitted bicycle dilettante in Flagstaff, Arizona, who blogs about her adventures on two wheels, vélo envy, her husband’s cooking, and cross country skiing at www.sheridesabike.com. Visit her Website for her endless opinions on the most stylish shoes for pedaling, critiques of bike parking, and the best bike date dining destinations. I’ve [...]

‘The worst piece of transportation legislation I’ve seen’

Ted Johnson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:45:57 +0000

Last week was not a great week for bike advocacy here in the United States. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a bill that was far worse for biking and walking than anyone had expected. Representatives Petri (R-WI) and Johnson (R-IL) proposed an amendment that would have restored funding for biking and walking [...]

Crossing Guard Advocacy and The Joy of Cycling

Carol Barker — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:07:54 +0000

Carol Barker lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she enjoys bicycle commuting and joy riding year round. She is a tutor and school crossing guard who shares her bicycle love and general rebellion against the wife-and-mom-of-suburbia stereotype at her blog AbbyNormal. It was the first thing I saw and the only thing I remember from [...]

Arizona Flirts with Idaho… Stops for Cyclists

BluesCat — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:38:49 +0000

Put Bike/Ped Projects Back into the Transportation Bill

Ted Johnson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:51 +0000

Old Man Mica is hurling rocks. The Transportation Bill released by The House of Representatives indeed does cut out all funding for cycling projects. Per the League of American Bicyclists: Last week, we knew the bill would be bad news for biking and walking. But we didn’t think it would go so far as to [...]

Old Man Warner, Cycling Opponent

Ted Johnson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:45:32 +0000

Recognize this quote? “Pack of crazy fools,” he said. “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while.” If you graduated from high school, you were likely required at some [...]

Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding (still) at Risk

Ted Johnson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:07:18 +0000

I looked at the homepage of this site and could hardly believe what I saw. The most recent stories, stacked three high, featured black and white photos of Hollywood entertainers. Well, the celebrity mongering is over. For now. Let us return now to the lofty topics for which this blog is known. No, not liquor [...]

2012 Academy Award Nominees on Bikes

Ted Johnson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:04:17 +0000

Okay, I’ve spent the last hour looking through this year’s Oscar Nominees in the acting and directing categories and doing Google Image searches to see who might be candidates for my effort to get someone to arrive to the event by bike. Yes, that means I just spent an hour, on the clock, looking at [...]