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What’s in your bike basket?
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In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit
- Yasha Wallin posted in Transportation, Bikes and Biking
In 1897, a wealthy American businessman named Horace Dobbins began construction on a private, for-profit bicycle superhighway that would stretch from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles. It may seem like a preposterous notion now—everyone knows Angelenos don’t get out of their cars—but at the time, amidst the height of a pre-automobile worldwide cycling boom, the idea attracted the attention of some hugely powerful players. And it almost got built.
What’s Your Ultimate Bike Destination?
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Citizenship Building Block #18: Try Biking to Work
- Zachary Slobig wrote in Transportation, Cities and Living
Commuting sucks. ‘Mega commuters’ endure 90 minutes each way to punch the clock. More Americans fall into that category than there are residents of Copenhagen. Why point to that Danish city? It’s got the busiest biking street in the Western world—the result of years of public pressure and infrastructure investment that reshaped commuting habits. The arguments for bike commuting are familiar: healthier for you and the environment; saves you tons of cash; often faster than driving or taking public transit. Here’s another: it’s an opportunity to see your city or town without looking through a pane of shatter-proof glass. Another: it’s a lot of fun. In many places it can seem too dangerous to bike to work—no bike lanes and a gauntlet of taxi doors and four-wheeled aggression. A suggestion to mitigate those concerns: find at least one bike buddy. There’s strength (and safety) in numbers. So go ahead and try it. This week, saddle up and ride a bike to work. It might become a habit.
Today marks the beginning of Bike Nation, GOOD’s weeklong celebration of pedal power. We’re not the only ones who are excited—biking is more popular than ever. But when it comes time to divvy up the nation’s transportation budget, cyclists and pedestrians tend to get the short end of the stick.
Check out our infographic about Americans on two wheels—and why Congress should help them out.
Can Discounts Convince Londoners to Bike and Walk?
“When it comes to commuting, you commute by force of habit,” says Ian Yolles, chief sustainability officer of the eco-rewards company Recyclebank. “It’s become such a habit that you get to the end of your journey and you don’t remember getting there.”
But perhaps using discounts to incentivize better commuting behavior—biking instead of driving, for example—can make people break their habits. In London, a new initiative will put the theory to the test.
Why Biking 7,000 Miles to Patagonia is Essential for Creative Living
- Jedidiah Jenkins in Global Citizenship and Exploration
If you need conversation material at parties, I suggest planning a seven thousand mile bike ride. It gives you the ability to talk to anybody. It’s a story that spreads on its own. People will just walk right up to you and ask, “Is it true? Holy shit."
I just turned 30, and I’ve decided to use this year to radically shape the rest of my life. I am about to leave my job and ride a bicycle for seventeen months, from Oregon to Patagonia. The need to do it (and it really felt like a need) hit me about three years ago when I read a quote from famed naturalist John Muir.
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”
Thinking about space these days.
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Here’s an oldie but goodie illo from one of our favorite designer/illustrators, Dan Matutina. His work can also be found in two of our issues!
- Don’t Hold the Elevator (The Data Issue)
- The End of Cheap Coffee (The Next Big Thing)
An Illustrated Future: How Artists Imagined France in the Year 2000
- Reboot Stories posted in Creativity, Inventions and Predictions
“The Rural Postman”, “Aviation Police”, “A Whale Bus”. French artists from 1899-1910 were spot on with some of their predictions while others are just flat-out hilarious. What are some other predictions of the future that you’ve found interesting?
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