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Advocates, Advocate. Harder.

I’ve been on a wee bit of a spree lately about the continual state of Defcon 11 every time there is federal hiccuping about restricting funds for Transportation Enhancements, or cutting Safe Routes to Schools, or classifying bicycles as vegetables instead of vehicles.

Here’s the thing: These are serious issues. We should be concerned about them. But [...]

January 28th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, children on bikes, education, encouragement, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, legislation, minneapolis, pedestrian access, politics, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | One comment

Minneapolis Community Education Wins Safe Routes to Schools Mini-Grant

Congratulations are in order to Minneapolis Community Education, who were awarded a coveted Safe Routes to Schools mini-grant for spring 2012 from the National Center for Safe Routes to School.

Via the grant, MCE is one of 26 organizations to receive a $1,000 grant for a project designed to encourage students and their families to safely walk and [...]

January 4th, 2012 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle commuting, bicycle maintenance, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, biking with kids, education, encouragement, fun, minneapolis, minnesota, roadway use, safe routes to schools, share the road, transportation options | Comments are closed

Openings & Closings

Big week here in the cities for dedicated bicycling opportunities.

After years and years, the Cedar Lake Trail is now finished to the river. The project took 20 years, and was interrupted by the building of a ballpark. However, the slightly weird routing through downtown from the river to the CLT is now a thing of the [...]

June 6th, 2011 | Category: bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle event calendar, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bike events, bike lanes, biking with kids, cedar lake trail, encouragement, engineering, fun, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, share the road, transportation options | Comments are closed

Don’t Be A Jerk At Bike Events – Yeah, You

Spring is here, and thus the season of Minnesota bicycle event rides begins. The traditional season-opener, the Minnesota Ironman, is coming up May 1, slightly later than usual this year due to the lateness of Easter. Thus, it’s an ideal time to review how not to be a jerk when riding at an event.

While there are [...]

April 21st, 2011 | Category: bicycle event calendar, bicycle recreation, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike events, biking with kids, common sense, jerks, minnesota, rest stops, roadway use, share the road | One comment - (Comments are closed)

True Tales of Planning Breakdowns: Blaine Lakeside Park

I’ve talked quite a bit recently about how incremental change to encourage active transportation is very much dependent on working to improve existing poor development that can’t just be blown up with a do-over.

I offer today a tale from close to (my) home of good intentions gone awry.

Blaine, Minnesota has been a fast-growing burbclave for some [...]

March 12th, 2011 | Category: bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, biking with kids, blaine, children on bikes, complete streets, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, health, minnesota, parks, roadway design, roadway use, suburbs, taxes, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Women & Bicycles

On this International Women’s Day, I thought I’d address one of the skeletons in the room when we discuss bicycle-friendly infrastructure and the interested-but-hesitant cyclist: A pretty good portion of that 60% is female.

Data suggests that men outnumber women on bicycles in the United States by a ratio of two-to-one. In many European nations, the ratio [...]

March 8th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike lanes, bike trails, biking with kids, children on bikes, common sense, complete streets, distracted driving, education, encouragement, enforcement, environmentalism, europe, evaluation, health, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, statistics, survey, transportation options, urban planning, vehicular cycling, women | Comments are closed
 
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