PedalGR 2012

  • 9/12/12
  • 8/29/12
  • 8/15/12
  • 8/1/12
  • 7/18/12
  • 7/5/12 -- (Special Thursday Ride)
  • 6/20/12
  • 6/6/12
  • 5/23/12
  • 5/9/12--SE Side Ride!
  • 4/25/12--Millennium Park

Transportation Enhancements need YOU!

I was going to write an entry about the two action alerts I received from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and the League of American Bicyclists, but Gene over at BikingBis pretty much said everything I was going to say.

In a nutshell, the version of the “Economic Recovery” bill that the Senate passed left out key funding [...]

Giving Away $14,000!

Amy and I have been co-chairpeople of a fantastic bicycle tour for the last two years.

When I volunteered to take over the Colorburst Tour (Amy was drafted as my co-chair later) in the winter of 2007, I knew that it would be a lot of work.  I had no idea how wonderful it would feel [...]

When Cycling is Like Suicide and Murder

Check out this kids bicycle safety comic, Danny and the Demon Cycle, from the Highway Safety Dept. of Virginia in 1972. It’s pretty funny. The “lessons” at the end, one of which is above, cover the basics pretty thoroughly.

http://www.ep.tc/problems/31/03.html

Two (Relatively) Quick Updates

Ball/Perkins park charette

While no official results have been posted on the City’s newly designed Green Grand Rapids website, the unofficial results are pretty clear. Mountain bikers and their supporters showed up en masse to cast their dot votes to have “Multi-use natural surface trails (singletrack suitable for mtn biking, trail running, xc skiing, and [...]