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There’s no shortage of scenic bike paths and trails in San Diego. But the options are much more limited when it comes to surface streets — imagine riding from Poway or El Cajon to downtown regularly. Samantha Ollinger, however, can visualize these long, bike-friendly commutes and she’s working to make them a reality. She’s the [...]
Imagine a new public transportation system for Sacramento, flexible, cheap and sustainable, providing cardio-workout benefits and devouring near-zero energy. The system is neither experimental nor destined to become obsolete in a few years. In fact, it’s been tested in various formats for years and is established globally as a marvel of engineering logic. Welcome to [...]
In their new book, John Pucher and Ralph Buehler come right out and state their belief in plain English: “Cycling should be made feasible, convenient, and safe for everyone.” The editors of City Cycling, just published by MIT Press, aim to further that cause by gathering together as much data as they could find to [...]
Along the Northeast Branch Trail, near College Park, riders are scarce during the winter, he says. “Just all the animals — foxes, rabbit and the deer. You don’t want to surprise the deer because, unlike hitting a deer with a car, it’s a little different with a bike.” Many things are a little different with [...]
1. A bike as economic engine F.K. Day, United States Life in rural Zambia has improved dramatically for dairy farmer Cecil Hankambe. He has doubled his milk sales, purchased a farm, and earned enough money to send his children to school. He still milks the same cow and travels the same rugged roads to the [...]
As Nigeria’s economic nerve centre battles to work out a manageable transport system for its exploding population, Park and Ride tests how bicycles can help turn Lagos into a green mega city. “It is not swaggerlicious to be seen riding bicycles in Nigerian cities,” said Emmanuel Essien, of ‘Mannie and the Angels’ morning show fame. [...]
This weekend, I took a risk — I braved the suburban wilds of Fairfax to attend the Fairfax Bike Summit. All kidding aside, it was encouraging to see so many efforts — from the institutional to the individual — being made to improve cycling in Fairfax. Fairfax County staff talked about the new bike plan, [...]
It’s a given: Detroit does cars. It’s the automotive capital of America; Motor City. Where then, do alternative modes of transportation fit in? The issue is a growing concern, particularly for those who live, work and study within the city itself and while talk of more sophisticated alternatives like advanced bus and rail systems seem [...]
With gas prices near $10 per gallon and some of the most congested cities in Europe, Italy is finding a strong market for electric bikes. Bikes in general are making a strong comeback in Italy, a country where biking as a form of personal transportation (instead of just recreation) lags behind many other European countries. [...]
San Clemente is a step closer to having sweeping new policies to encourage more people to use their feet instead of cars to get around town. On a 7-0 vote Wednesday night, the Planning Commission approved a set of policies outlined in a proposed Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the first such plan in the [...]
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