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- Cities and towns that have gone to the dogs: Ruff-ruff!
- Timeless Portraits of the Oklahoma Panhandle
- Cities with a lengthy formal, original, or ceremonial name
- Applying facets of Vastu Shastra to address climate change
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Tag Archives: riding
The poetry of a spring bike commute
Spring Morning Commute By Rick Brown Wheels spin round and round Traversing the paved terrain They roll in cadent unison Along the paved bike lane Fresh air breezes past me As fragrances abound Spring charms once dulled senses … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, civility, climate change, Communications, culture, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, new urbanism, peace, placemaking, planning, Poem, product design, recreation, seasons, spatial design, sustainability, third places, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, weather, writing
Tagged bicycling, bike commuting, cycling, environment, fitness, fun, health, poems, poetry, riding, transportation
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The cycles of one’s life
The Golden Days I will always remember when I got my three-speed, sky-blue Schwinn Sting-ray bicycle with its white, banana-shaped seat and removable plexiglas windshield for Christmas. I thought I was the coolest kid in the neighborhood riding that three-speed … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, colleges, culture, entertainment, environment, family, fitness, fun, geography, health, history, humanity, pictures, product design, recreation, sustainability, technology, trails, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycles, bikes, Citizen, commuting, cycles, cycling, Diamondback, fun, Raleigh, recreation, riding, Schwinn, Sting-ray, tandem, transportation, Trek
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A titanic shift in bike helmet design
In our quest to find a folding bicycle helmet for use while traveling, Kathy made me aware of a new helmet technology that some (like me) will consider a titanic shift from the traditional bicycle helmet design paradigm – the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Communications, economic development, entrepreneurship, Europe, health, marketing, product design, recreation, Science, spatial design, sports, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged bicycling, biking, fashion, helmets, Hovding, riding, safety, Sweden, technology, transportation, University of Lung
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Five years of bike commute data
Below is the bike commuting log I have kept for the past five years. Since it is rather large, I hope it is legible. Judging by the weather forecast for the last week of 2013, it is unlikely I will … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, cities, culture, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, planning, recreation, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, transportation, urban planning
Tagged bicycling, bike commuting, biking, carbon footprint, cycling, data, fitness, fun, geography, health, land use, planning, recreation, riding, statistics, sustainability
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