Getting There
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2015
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Riding a bike to work pt. 5 - The question 15
You see that flannel-wearing fat guy on a bike trying to get to work on time, just the same as every commuter on the road in the morning? That's me. The only difference between me and most of the other daily commuters is that every...
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015
Will driverless cars do away with traffic lights? 19
As well as those pesky pedestrians and cyclists with their stupid human brains?
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2015
What the Parkade isn't 1
A huge bike parking garage at the Central Railway Station at Delft in the Netherlands.
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015
Is it time to raise the gas tax? 6
It's been 22 years. Plus, Reagan did it.
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015
Riding a bike to work pt. 4 - The experience 10
Riding a bike, you see stuff. Mainly, people being people. People you never even knew existed.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015
The Economist: Should cyclists obey traffic laws? 17
Plus: A man with a British accent says "The Idaho Stop." Priceless
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015
Gonzaga bike ride at noon
If you've missed the group bike rides the city is hosting during Bike to Work Week because you feel like you don't have time to get out and enjoy the sunshine, today is the day for you.
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015
Riding a bike to work pt. 3 - The lateness 11
I didn't commute by bike today because I found the fatal flaw in bicycle commuting that is most likely the real root cause of why people drive everywhere.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015
STA shuttles a fifth of Bloomies
Spokane Transit Authority today reported that it provided shuttle rides to 9,000 Bloomsday participants.
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015
Riding a bike to work pt. 2 - The crampening 7
I dove in head first and rode almost 10 miles on my first day, the first time I had ever ridden a skinny road bike and the first day in approximately 17 years I had ever ridden a bike at all. Today, I tried it again.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
The Los Angeles bike highway that never was 1
In 1899, a madman/visionary/cyclist/entrepreneur named Horace Dobbins dreamed up an idea to build a nine-mile long bike highway in the middle of Southern California. It didn't work, but its idea presaged the highways we know today - those for motorists. Gizmodo tells the tale of…
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015
Riding a bike to work pt. 1 - The fatness 18
Last weekend I bought a bike. I didn't intend on buying this particular bike, it was just sitting in the rack at Goodwill, but it was only $29 and I'm a sucker for a good thrift store deal. Here is my tale.
Seattle Transit Blog discusses STA's high performance transit plan
Bruce Nourish over at the Seattle Transit Blog has weighed in again on Spokane's transit system, this time with a post about Spokane Transit Authority's long-term plan for high performance transit. If you're unfamiliar with that term, it basically means frequent, all day transit service...
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
One-third of state's highways in poor condition 2
A third of urban highways in Washington are in poor condition, a quarter of the state's bridges are structurally deficient or obsolete and the state transportation department faces a backlog of $1.8 billion backlog in "pavement preservation," according to a report released this week by...
Mending downtown Spokane's sidewalks
If you've ever walked around downtown Spokane, you won't be surprised to hear that the sidewalks are broken. Like really broken, deteriorating and hazardous, especially if you've got your nose buried in your smartphone. It may surprise you to hear that there's $40 million worth of repair...
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015
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