Thank you to the two folks who sent the three rack info. this was really a meeting to discuss route studies, but the Metro folks there gratefully accepted the...
Portion of email from my wife: "This morning I got to climb up and around and down to get past a stock still rail car. A long train stood [blocking the road]...
Unfortunately, in the Newark area, we've had three people killed when they thought they could "dance with trains." Not a good idea. Chris Law [Non-text...
In a message dated 5/2/2006 7:34:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, michael.poplawski@... writes: Not that I endorse playing around trains, but I have a...
Although I hopped some freight trains to a 100-mile radius of home in my late teens and found it to be safe enough if one uses one's head (it also helped that...
For what it's worth: I propose that that particular dance with a train, climbing through a stopped one, is analogous to dancing with cars, semis, et al, in...
In a message dated 5/3/2006 11:22:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, howardabts@... writes: A consideration that carries considerable weight for me is that...
Awright, yous guys! Quit dancing on my analogy! Dances-With-Cahs __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
I'm the new guy here.My name is Brian. I have been involved with bicycles most of my life.I own a Schwinn paramount and a Trek 4500 with disc brakes.And about...
Last week was TimeOut Chicago's annual Bike Issue. The feature title on the cover was "Ditch Your Car". I love the cover photo as it shows a woman from the...
In a message dated 5/4/2006 12:39:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, howardabts@... writes: Any time the local railroad people are offended ..... I have the...
... Bob, not in Portland, Oregon! I'm down from Calgary for a week here to see how it is that they've managed to triple the number of cyclists in 10 years....
... Scott, I was just through Astoria the day before yesterday. It was sure windy from the north! If you're looking for ideas on how to grow your cycling...
... list ... in ... extend ... is ... in ... time ... Thanks for sharing this info. I think I've mentioned before that I've heard that over 12% of commutes in...
... It may depend a little on your community, but things I've seen here: * Take advantage of existing events. For example, one year we had booth at local...
From the Herald Tribune is an article about global efforts to promote bicycle usage. Something tells me that KOB will want to contact Mayor Penalosa about his ...
... hi Bruce, yes, I did see some of the chevron-adorned bike stencils on a few streets where there could not be a separate bike lane due to insufficient...
... I ... When the end of the train is fairly close, I've walked around trains on a number of occassions. As a pedestrian I've climbed up and over a flatbed...
We got back from a long weekend (Th-Mon) trip to Sonoma Ca This trip wasn't supposed to be a bike trip, but the hotel in Sonoma town had free bikes to use....
... his ... While wearing my bicyclist advocate hat, reading that single paragraph, I feel no special need to go out of my way to repond. If the paragraph had...
... Citation for this please. ... Highly unlikely it is because of these measures. ... I observe something in the vicinity of 50% women riding bikes in urban...
I haven't been to Bogota so don't feel qualified to comment there. However, I do think it can be presumptious to take American experiences and immediately...
... the ... essentially ... I would make the case it is bad design here in US and it is bad design there in the Netherlands. ... Not because of the design, but...
... Do you have any first hand experience with cycling in the Netherlands (or in Bogota)? If not, make what case you want, but I'll believe my first-hand ...
