Author Archives: Daniel I. Patterson
Map/Location of Bike Racks in Albany
I have to thank Don O’Dell for his last post which promotes the Capital Region Transportation Authority’s Bike Rack Program. The map posted below is from the CDTA website. It pin points the location of (presumably) all the bike racks in … Continue reading
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Video Tuesday! Innovation!
Home a few hours before the day’s end and I’ve been thinking all day of what videos to put for VIDEO TUESDAY. I have a few ideas such as: “doggie gangs on bikes” and “how to catch a bike thief.” … Continue reading
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Using Google Map to Show Bicycle Related Crashes
A collaberation of information which exhibits the location of fatal and non-fatal crashes between cyclists and motor vehicles in the Philadelphia area. It also notes which were hit and run. Red Fatal Blue Injuries A Dot Indicates a Hit and … Continue reading
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Video Tuesday!
This week’s videos are all about other people dealing with cold conditions in other countries. I love the first video- o just because I cycled the Pamir Highway in brisk October conditions. Woo that old Soviet road was chilly! I … Continue reading
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City’s Request for Proposal to Refurbish Madison Avenue
The president of the Albany Bicycle Coalition (ABC), Lorenz Worden, sent me an email the other day which states, Cyclists, Word has it that there were responses to the city on the RFP [request for proposal] for the traffic study for “traffic … Continue reading
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Martin Luther King Day!
I saw this post of my faceb.. stories feed (not news right?). I liked it because it’s a great tribute to Martin Luther King, cyclist style! NONVIOLENT TRANSPORTATION By: Ted Johnson Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. And I’m at … Continue reading
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What is Spinning?
I’m going to go ahead and dub winter season as spinning season in the Capital Region. There are lots of us who ride outside but many of us are spending our time indoors on a stationary bike. Today I spent … Continue reading
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Video Tuesday! Why Bikes Rule
Bike Rule Portland’s Bike Boulevards Become Neighborhood Greenways from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Why Bikes Rule: Race Day from ergon on Vimeo. Taco Tuesday :: Photography Ride from Kenny Ong on Vimeo. BIKE POLO TOURNAMENT – CPCV09 from Renaud Skyronka on … Continue reading
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Video Tuesday!
From the Bike Blog NYC, I’ve picked up this idea to post totally kick butt videos every Tuesday, (they post on Fridays). The idea of Video Tuesday is to take an otherwise regular, beginning of the week day, and make … Continue reading
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What is People for Bikes?
You may have noticed cute flyers around town, specifically at the Albany Downtube. The front resembles a smiling face drawn with a bike in mind. Well those flyers are from People for Bikes, a growing initiation from Bike Belong for … Continue reading
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