Category Archives: Bicycling

A vision for the future?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by jsallen

I recently received a membership solicitation from the Boston Cyclists’ Union — the new kid on the block in Boston Area bicycling advocacy. The image of a family happily enjoying travel by bicycle is printed on the envelope: Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Play Streets — another point of view

Posted on March 25, 2013 by jsallen

I’m writing about a Web page on a Web site of the British organization Sustrans (“Sustainable Transportation”),The title of the page is “How children lost out to cars in the battle for space on our streets”. Here are two photos … Continue reading →

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This bears repeating.

Posted on March 22, 2013 by jsallen

I downloaded the following message from an e-mail list. I can’t vouch for every detail, but I am in general agreement. *************** Frank [Krygowski] posted the comment below an hour or so ago [on March 20, 2013] at the blog … Continue reading →

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How not to restripe

Posted on March 6, 2013 by jsallen

Gordon Renkes has produced a video showing conditions following restriping at Tamarack Circle in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Here’s a Google overhead view of this rather unusual circular street. Click away the caption balloon to get a better view. You may … Continue reading →

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Linking to some useful information about bicycle headlights

Posted on December 22, 2012 by jsallen

Joshua Putnam has published some well-crafted commentary on how the brightness of LED bicycle headlamps requires a controlled beam pattern to prevent blinding other users of roads and paths. This relatively new problem deserves attention, and is related to the … Continue reading →

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Support for the Allies in WWII, wrapped around a bicycle sprocket

Posted on December 10, 2012 by jsallen

I wrote to Sturmey-Archer’s European office a few months ago concerning the Swiss-made Vibo three-speed hub described on the Sturmey-Archer Heritage Web site. The Web page about this hub indicates that a scrap of paper which enclosed the sprocket in … Continue reading →

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Some perspective on Perspective…

Posted on December 8, 2012 by jsallen

Here’s what I think is really important about this video in itself and as an example: it applies modern promotional and media techniques to put across the message of cyclist integration into the normal traffic mix. We who advocate that … Continue reading →

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A reply to comments on my previous post…

Posted on December 2, 2012 by jsallen

In a comment on my previous post, Khal Spencer asked whether the extension of a bike lane in a bike box is in fact a lane, or whether on the other hand, the bike box is more like a crosswalk. … Continue reading →

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Boston Globe: Reality Check Time

Posted on December 1, 2012 by jsallen

The caption with the picture below in the Starts and Stops column of the Metro section of the June 17, 2012 Boston Globe reads: Cyclists stopped for a red light in the “bike box” on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back … Continue reading →

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North-south, east-west: is that best?

Posted on November 29, 2012 by jsallen

The Facebook Cyclists are Drivers group carries a report of a cyclist who was rear-ended by a motorist who was blinded by the setting sun. And, here’s an urban planning issue I bet that you haven’t heard about (unless you … Continue reading →

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