Bicycles

The value of multi-modal trips

July 12, 2011

In transit lingo, "multi-modal" trips are those that use different modes to get to a destination. A common version is bike to bus/subway/rail, either taking the bike on the vehicle or locking it before one gets on. Today I had a wonderful trip that was multi-modal by accident. The "out" trip was planned as multi-modal: [...]

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Reflections on 900 miles on a bicycle

June 5, 2011

[I wrote this back in August of 2010] Well, I've been back for a week, so it seemed like time to write reflections on my Portland to Berkeley bicycle trip. Why? Why did I do it? Was it turning 50, the old "mid-life crisis" reaction? Maybe, but probably only a small amount. I'm pretty satisfied [...]

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AAPT meeting in Portland and my bike trip home

July 15, 2010

I'm leaving today for the American Association of Physics Teachers summer meeting in Portland, Oregon. I'll be presenting a workshop at the meeting (see next post), then riding my bicycle to Eugene then down the coast back to Berkeley. You can follow my cycling exploits here: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=RrzKj&doc_id=7183&v=V

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Blogging my SF-San Luis Obispo bike trip on crazyguyonabike.com

April 3, 2010

I'm riding a six-day bicycle tour from San Francisco (well, Daly City BART, actually) to San Luis Obispo. I found a great web site for posting bike trips, CrazyGuyOnABike.com/leetramp. You can follow my trip there. I'm riding a great touring bike, the Surly "Long Haul Trucker." The bike is not light, but it's sturdy I'm [...]

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200 people can commute in:

June 25, 2009

Great poster from Seattle demonstrating the space it takes on a street to move 200 people in various modes.

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Berkeley Traffic Circles - Share the Lane

June 14, 2009

The traffic circles in Berkeley neighborhoods have created confusion for many car drivers. One of the difficulties is knowing how to interact with bicycles. The Bike Friendly Berkeley Coalition's email chat list has been discussiong what signage could be placed at the circles to help drivers understand how the circles work. One of the main [...]

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The 15th Annual Bike to Work Day is Thursday, May 14th, 2009

May 8, 2009

The San Francisco Bay Area's 15th Annual Bike to Work Day will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2009. Bike to Work Day is the premier bicycling event taking place in all of Northern California with all nine Bay Area counties participating in the celebration. The event is just one day of many events taking [...]

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"Day lighting" or "Peek a boo": pedestrian safety at intersections

January 21, 2009

From Eric McCaughrin at East Bay Bicycle Coalition: Another great clip from Streetfilms. This time, they show how removing parking spaces around intersections ("Daylighting") can greatly increase visibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Even better: the reclaimed space can be used for low-cost bike parking. In Berkeley and other Bay Area communities, similar kinds of treatment [...]

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Two hundred people can commute...but how would Lenin do it?

July 10, 2008

Great poster on the ferry. Be sure to click on the larger image to see all the details. The options shown in the poster are: By car, by bus, by light rail, and by bike. Very descriptive. Then, there's Lenin in Seattle: A guy found this in the former Czechoslovakia, bought it for its artistic [...]

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Bicycles in Paris

March 22, 2008

I'm on a nine-day trip to France with students from my school (the benefits of sharing my classroom with a French teacher!), and we spent the last couple days in Paris. Paris is doing some good things to get more folks on bikes, including rental bikes all over town: Rental bikes similar to but easier [...]

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