I first heard about Bogotá, Colombia’s revolutionary transportation system from Ride for Climate. When faced with growing traffic congestion, the city switched entire roads to bike and pedestrian only, eliminated parking downtown and developed a Rapid Bus Transit system. Today on KUOW, I heard an interview with Dr. Enrique Peñalosa, the former Mayor of Bogotá, [...]
Filed under: General on September 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Sera is very familiar with the Rules of Cuteness, especially #20.
Filed under: Cat Blogging on September 22nd, 2006 | No Comments »
I knew it would happen eventually…I’m kind of surprised it took this long. And I tempted fate to take a swat at me by titling my last post “The Mighty Sherpa”. Umm…you may have noticed from the picture that the fork on my bike is bent. This is what happens when you try to [...]
Filed under: Pre-trip Planning on September 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
OK, I know that everyone reading this has been dying to know more about our bikes! We’ve been holding out a little bit, because I had a crazy plan and I wasn’t sure it was going to work out. But I can let a little bit slip now…my bike has made the transformation to its [...]
Filed under: Pre-trip Planning on September 15th, 2006 | No Comments »
Here is a press release from a researcher in England who is a “traffic psychologist”, who did a study on whether wearing a helmet (or not) affected how close cars and trucks came to his bicycle as he rode the streets of Salisbury and Bristol. He found that drivers were likely to come closer to [...]
Filed under: General on September 11th, 2006 | No Comments »
As part of our “Better Get To Know Sera” series, we’re going to start posting occasionally with tidbits on Sera. For instance, while some cats wake up their owners in the morning, Sera is very much a sleep-in cat. In fact, she often stays in bed for hours after we leave. Here is a picture [...]
Filed under: Cat Blogging on September 1st, 2006 | No Comments »