cdmCyclist

She’s recently returned from speaking engagements in Toronto and at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC; Green Octopus Consulting‘s April Economides speaks about how bicycling pays for local businesses. In 2010 the City of Long Beach got a LA County Public Health grant; the objective: to bring more customers to 4 business districts by [… Read More]

I’m the newly appointed executor for my mother’s estate; it’s keeping me quite busy. I’m also Treasurer of my neighborhood HOA, so I make many short trips to the bank and the Post Office as I deal with probate in NH and FL and depositing annual dues from the residents. All this tedium has raised [… Read More]

“There’s some over there, but people leave their bikes overnight, so the company has been removing them at all their properties,” said the security guy in response to my questions about bike racks. That was an ominous beginning as I went looking for bike racks at Fashion Island today. It’s about 2.1 miles from my [… Read More]

Brenda Miller invited me to join her at UC Irvine for an end-of-quarter presentation by students in the UCI Graduate Planning Studio. I didn’t know what I was in for, but it was a good excuse for an early morning ride. Of course, riding to the university means locking up the bike, something I seldom [… Read More]

What’s to do after a day of feasting? No Black Friday shopping for me; a ride along the coast had more appeal. The weather cooperated so it seemed like a perfect day to burn some calories. Would it be crowded along the beach boardwalk on this day after? It would be fun to find out. [… Read More]

At the Newport Pier on a typical summer weekend motorists circle the parking lot looking for a place to park. This creates congestion; it’s bad for the environment, bad for pedestrian and cyclist safety and it wastes time and money. Surely the experience discourages some from a return visit. Let’s add to this mix: the [… Read More]

Santa Barbara’s a big city these days; I always remember it as the smaller, less sophisticated seaside ‘burb it was when I was in my 20′s. Santa Barbara’s grown up and so have I. On this past weekend’s getaway I saw lots of bike racks, many well utilized. Let’s start with the glass half-full: I [… Read More]

Spankin’ new bike racks in downtown Paso Robles. Paso Robles, in the central California coastal region, has a booming zinfandel wine growing industry, lots of gourmet restaurants and many new bike racks downtown. It’s a great place for cycling, many tours take to the windy roads for visits to the wineries. Myself, I prefer to [… Read More]

Stylish bike racks ooze civic pride at City Hall in Huntington Beach. Thanks to Sean Matsler, member of the Newport Beach Bike Safety Committee, for pointing out this beautiful example of an artistic, functional bike rack. Come to the next meeting, 4:30pm Monday Feb 7th in the Fire Conf room at City Hall, where I’ll [… Read More]