Bicycle Amenities in Burlington, VT
Cruising around the streets of Burlington a few weekends ago, we spotted these interesting city-installed bi cycle amenities: One of several “take back the streets” bicycle parking racks which occupies the same space as one standard motor vehicle parking place. As shown, the bicycle is completely sheltered by the rack and is not locked up on … Read more
Albany Bicycle Coalition Supports Hudson River Bikeway over the Livingston Avenue Bridge – Corning Preserve/BoatLauch
We were pleased to see growing momentum for returning the Livingston Avenue Rail Road Bridge to its original configuration combining train, bicycle, and pedestrian travel over the Hudson. Albany Bicycle Coalition has joined with the Livingston Ave. Rail Road Bridge Coalition and others to support this effort. As reported in Albany Times Union (1/28/12), Mike … Read more
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 calming” on Madison. One more successful step . . . Traffic Calming, Madison Ave, responses … Read more
Bicyclist May Not Use Full Lane
I wish I had better news. On this blog we bring you bicycle related news about events that happen around Albany. There is not a whole lot of it so we try to supplement those days with fun facts or interesting stories. Now I finally get something to share and it’s bad news. Charles F. Kettering once said, “Problems are the … Read more
City Review: DC
As you could probably guess from the previous post, I am in DC this weekend, and before you ask I did bring my bike. Did I get to ride around? No, but I did some extensive walking and saw some of the great bike infrastructure that DC has to offer. I did not see any … Read more
