Is it illegal to build suburbs that can only be accessed by freeway? If it is not then they can't stop people from biking on the freeway, could they. If your...
... A few years ago I came to the same conclusion when I visited a suburb of Atlanta. The only way in or out of the suburb was a four-lane, very high-speed...
Bart Hawkins Kreps
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Jun 2, 2009 2:37 pm
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On my 4 wheeled bicycle I have added solar powered lighting including the flashing yellow light as on city maintenance trucks. I use this bike to carry...
... My understanding is that there is a legal right to travel; a way to access by different means MUST be provided; this in "Bicycling and the Law" which is a...
... I don't drive but, if I did, I'd LOVE this system. Just floor it and the car automatically goes an appropriate speed. :) This would make it POSSIBLE for...
First of all, let me say that the title of John Ardelli's post is gramatically ambiguous -- and I read it the wrong way at first. I believe that automatic...
... I noticed that, too, but I didn't write it; my post was a reply to an EARLIER post. I just kept the original writer's subject line so they'd recognize it....
Here in Western Washington, I-5 is accessible from exit 27 or so (just outside of Vancouver, WA) to exit 102 or 103 (on the outskirts of Tumwater). A good...
Scooter? I have one in a San Diego suburb. It's not my ideal form of transportation, but it works (and it's fun). On a side note, when I was speaking with a...
=v= Pedalpalooza, in Portland, Oregon, starts tomorrow: http://pedalpalooza.org/ 199 events taking place over the course of more than two weeks. Check it out!...
... The first part of Bob White's answer to this question was spot on ... Now THAT'S why I don't like the idea of bike lanes; they COMPLICATE interaction with...
Here's another example of the dangers of bike lanes from a member of my Yahoo! Group Bicycling Advocacy: ... John A. Ardelli http://pedalingprince.blogspot.com...
Is Kimberly Cooper saying that people walking on a street should be in a state of constant alert for cars leaving the roadway and hitting them ? Pedestrians...
Sorry, I didn't think of that, but I doubt that the risk is greater than that of being crowded by a car moving into a parking space. I suppose the remedy is to...
... Double the risk of a standard bike lane according to the preliminary stuff I saw on the "Copenhagen lane" that they installed in Melbourne while I was...
... One option would be to have a manual override that automatically sends a radio message on the police channel. This would allow the police forces to assist...
Bart Hawkins Kreps
bart.hawkinskreps@...
Jun 16, 2009 12:08 am
19591
Hi everyone, It is great to be car free. Here is my questionnaire. 1. Which of the following best describes you? Please check one. XX I do not...
This is going to be our third Happy Birthday message to Vélib, Paris’s transformational public bike project (yes, the first was on the original day of...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090713/od_nm/us_brothel_odd_1 BERLIN (Reuters) – A Berlin brothel has come up with a novel way to negate the impact of the...
Maybe, but according to the article visitors can still enjoy free parking, whereas there is nothing about getting to the site by other means of transport. ...
The August issue of Scientific American has a piece called "The Third Way" about high-speed rail (pages 15-16). I can't find it online. I would like to...
I find the website walkscore.com suggestive. Googlemaps provides streetlevel view, which gives me some idea of the environment I'll commute through / live in....
... The historic district around The Alamo is about average. If you worked down there you could find a place to live. But I couldn't tell you where any...