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Education & Children’s Cycling Behavior

Via the League of American Bicyclists’ LCI group, I recently learned of this study from the UK that examines the impact of a cycling training program on the bicycling behavior and perceptions of children who have gone through the program.

Bikeability is a public-private partnership in the UK that teaches cycling skills for the 21st century. Three [...]

January 28th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle recreation, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike rides, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, encouragement, europe, league of american bicyclists, roadway use, safe routes to schools, statistics, survey | Comments are closed

Gran Fondo Announced for Minnesota!

The Minnesota Ironman Bicycle Ride – a 45-year spring tradition in Minnesota – is starting a new tradition this year by adding a Gran Fondo (the Minnesota Gran Fondo) to their already solid event.

The Ironman is a typical one-day event ride with the mild twist of offering a metric century and a century route early in [...]

January 20th, 2011 | Category: bicycle racing, bicycle recreation, bicyclists, bike events, bike rides, fun, minnesota, rest stops | Comments are closed

Ongoing Saga on Jefferson Avenue

Bikeway Arrow Dramaz

I’ve written before about the saga of making St. Paul’s Jefferson Avenue an official bike boulevard. As I’ve noted, it was on a 1998 Twin Cities bike map as a good bicycle option. There’s been a lot of hand-wringing by some about how making it a bikeway is just a horrid idea, but, truly, [...]

October 8th, 2010 | Category: bicycle maps, bicycle recreation, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike rides, bike trails, fun, minnesota, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul | One comment - (Comments are closed)

St. Paul Finally Fixes Mississippi River Trail

I was along Shepard Road in Saint Paul this weekend, and saw a beautiful sight: The section of trail between the Highway 5 bridge and the I35E bridge is being regraded, widened, repaved, and generally upgraded from ‘OMG suck’ to ‘pretty darn nice.’

The river paths are popular with many recreational cyclists, and the shoulder on that [...]

August 23rd, 2010 | Category: bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike rides, bike trails, engineering, federal funds, minnesota, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, st. paul | Comments are closed

Sad Times in Afton

The revolving door of ownership at Selma’s in Afton continues.

Selma’s has traditionally been a popular stop in Afton for cyclists and motorcyclists, ith a large garden and large ice cream portions. For a biker, regardless of which direction their journey will take them, the coffee, cocoa and cones are a fine bit of fuel for the [...]

June 8th, 2010 | Category: bike rides, cookies, fun, ice cream, minnesota, rest stops | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Online Responses to Google Maps for Biking

Now that it’s been live a full 6 days, reviews are coming in on Google Maps for Biking. As with everything involving bikes and media coverage, feedback is a bit mixed.

Wired Magazine are ‘crowdsourcing’ reviews, asking people to try their route and see what comes out of the system. It’s a generally savvy crowd, so they [...]

March 15th, 2010 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle commuting, bicycle maps, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike rides, bike trails, common sense, google, jerks, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road | Comments are closed
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