Posts Tagged ‘biking’
Once The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times jumps on the commuting by bike trend, you know it’s gone mainstream. The WSJ focuses on the mean streets of LA and the “entrenched car culture” that persists around here. Commuters across the U.S. are responding to high gasoline prices by finding alternatives to driving. [...]
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What a Day!
This might have been one of the most active days I’ve had since I was a mere boy. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and rode the 2 miles to the local 24 Hour Fitness. I lifted weights and then rode home. At 6:10, I took my dog on a light 20-minute, 2.4-mile jog around [...]
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I walked into a co-workers class today and one of my former students said, “Mr. D-, I saw you riding your bike today!” And that was followed by sniggers and smiles from the rest of her class. And then in my class, one of my students wrote in her journal that in 25 years “Mr. [...]
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Most Walkable Cities
There’s this pretty neat site called Walk Score, which looks at the various factors in neighborhoods to determine if it’s walkable, and, by extension, bike friendly. These factors include a town center, availability of public transportation, parks and public spaces, and the closeness of schools. The most walkable cities in the United States are San [...]
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Commuting by Bike
For the past five weeks, I’ve done the unthinkable in Southern California – I abandoned my car. Well, I’ve abandoned it part time anyway as I’ve been biking to work. The distance from my house to my place of work isn’t far-2.5 miles at most-but it’s an uncomfortable ride mainly because the streets I ride [...]
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Go By Bike Challenge
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