Posted by Phil G-E on April 16, 2009
Watch out, folks. The days of Day-Glo jerseys (I’m still wearing mine from the commute home) may
soon be over, at least it’s wishful thinking if you take a look at this article in the NYT:
Well, looking at this model, maybe it’s time for day-glo button downs…?!
-Phil
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Posted by Adam Bee on April 14, 2009
http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/0904/livable-streets.html
I can’t speak personally about other Michiana cities, but the South Bend planners are actually more forward-thinking than you might suppose from the current condition of the city’s infrastructure. Check out the new roundabouts on Douglas, Lincolnway, and Portage, for example (although I’m worried about the awkward banishment of cyclists from those).
Maybe someday the streets of Michiana could look like this!
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Posted by Henry Scott on April 10, 2009
“Black 2001 Saturn SC2. That’s the car I drive — and if you’re a bicyclist on the road but not in a bike path and you see my car, I hope you’re wearing a helmet, because I might run you over.”
And so began a recent opinion piece by student columnist Zack Colman in The State News, Michigan State University’s student newspaper.
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Posted by Henry Scott on April 8, 2009
This year’s Michiana Bike to Work Week will be from Monday, June 1st until Friday, June 6th, and we hope for it to be even bigger than last year!
To make that happen, however, the organizers could use more volunteers. If you can contribute in any way, they’d love to hear from you. Please contact J.V. Peacock by email: jvpeacock*at*hotmail.com (replace the *at* with @).
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Posted by Henry Scott on April 6, 2009
We’ve had on and off discussions about a bike route between Chicago and South Bend, yet as far as I know, no one has actually mapped and made available a complete route.
Accordingly, I was excited to hear about an organized ride between Millenium Park in downtown Chicago to Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore and then on to Warren Dunes State Park over two days. The ride is Le Tour de Shore, and participation has been growing steadily in this charity ride since the inaugural voyage in 2004.
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Posted by Danny Graber on April 1, 2009
Danny Graber, League of American Bicyclists Certified Safety Instructor, is offering a Traffic Skills 101 safety course on Tuesday, April 14. The class will run from 8:00 a. m. to mid to late afternoon. The class will be held at the South Bend YMCA.
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An end to cul-de-sacs
Posted by Adam Bee on April 16, 2009
Virginia now has rules that new subdivisions must have through streets that link to other through streets: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/21/AR2009032102248.html
This is one of the biggest hurdles we face when trying to get around by bike in these times, especially in Granger. Mishiwaka’s Grape Road big box district has the commercial version of the cul-de-sac problem, non-linking sidewalks.
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