I have believed that one powerful argument in support of transportation reform is to simply show how deadly our car-centric system is. Millions of people have died, and will continue to die, in part from the volume of cars on our roads and how the roads themselves are engineered. But, as damning as that sounds, even die-hard car drivers don’t dispute it. Everyone is aware that our roads are deadly. They just don’t care. keep reading →
In 2020, Obianuju Osuegbu was riding her bicycle on her way home from work when a car driver, who was high on drugs, struck her and ended her life. Law enforcement placed the blame on her and have yet to prosecute the driver. Now her family is doing what they can to make sure justice takes place. keep reading →
The Guardian posted a profile of Andrew Tierney, a UK man who has begun fighting anti-bicycle trolls. It delves into the kinds of online abuse he sees and his strategies for addressing it. keep reading →
AAA revealed some new survey data on how Americans are reacting to rising gas prices, and it shows that we’ve possibly crossed a threshold. keep reading →
Researchers analyzed 91 peer-reviewed scientific studies on the public acceptance of AVs (autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars). They found that a majority of these studies have a pro-AV bias in either their methodology or their sentiment. keep reading →
The Atlantic recently published an article by Angie Schmitt which gets right to the point. Our cars are getting bigger and bigger, and traffic deaths are going up as a result. keep reading →
A new study aims to quantify the lives we could save by bicycling instead of driving cars in the future. Its “ambitious high bike use” scenario predicts that 205,424 early deaths would be prevented globally by 2050. Of those, 15,309 would be in the United States. keep reading →
The “Cycling Professor” (@fietsprofessor) is one of social media’s most active evangelists for bicycling. The professor’s annual mobility meme contest has opened for its 2021 round of submissions. keep reading →
As more people want to live somewhere with better transportation choices, many communities are promoting their walkability and similar features. But every time a person moves to a “walkable” or “bikeable” neighborhood, they end up driving everywhere anyway. I think our towns are presenting us a Hobson’s choice. keep reading →
If you’ve ever wondered why our overall traffic congestion never improves, no matter how many new roads we build, then the answer is Braess’s paradox. It states that adding more roads to a network can actually slow down traffic. That may seem counter-intuitive, but we can plainly see it happen in all of our modern towns. keep reading →
This is the seventh, and final, entry in my 2021 Biking for Coffee series. As part of this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike commute can look like in my community. keep reading →
This is my sixth video in my Biking for Coffee series. As part of this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike commute can look like in my community. keep reading →
This is my fifth video in my Biking for Coffee series. As part of this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike commute can look like in my community. keep reading →
This is my fourth video in my Biking for Coffee series. As part of this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike commute can look like in my community. keep reading →
This is my third video in my Biking for Coffee series. As part of this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike commute can look like in my community. keep reading →
This is the second video in my Biking for Coffee series. For this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge, I’m documenting each of my rides on video to show what a typical bike ride looks like in my community. keep reading →
The average American is suspicious of, if not hostile to, public transportation spending. Sometimes these feelings are practical concerns based on past failures, and sometimes they’re ideological. But that opposition all goes out the window once we discuss parking lots. keep reading →
Photo credit: Chris Arnade, from his "Walking America, part 1."
Chris Arnade has been writing about America’s poor communities for a while now. His book, Dignity, is was one of my favorite books in recent years. Now he’s started a new blog on Substack called Intellectual Inting, where he is publishing a series of posts called “Walking America.” keep reading →
Coffeeneuring is back for 2021. That’s the just-for-fun challenge where you play by riding your bike to get coffee a couple of times a week for six weeks. As far as these kinds of challenges go, it’s one of the most low-key and accessible. keep reading →
Biketober is an annual month-long event held in the Atlanta area every October (in case its name didn’t make that clear). It’s a just-for-fun competition where participants earn points for riding their bicycles. keep reading →
