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Coffee is More Expensive than Owning a Bicycle
written 28 Apr 2009 in the earliest morning
And we’re not talking $4 mochachinos here. According to this BikePGH article, it costs $0.95 / day to own and operate a bike. And you don’t have to tip anyone.
Even that number seems a bit high. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bicycling: Comparing Pittsburgh to Austin
As you probably may or probably may not know, I’m currently on the road, for awhile. Right now I’m staying in Austin, TX and I’m blown away by the biking infrastructure here. If you take a look at what this city has done and then compare it to our own beloved Pittsburgh, it’s both a little heartbreaking and equally inspiring.
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Why Cyclists Have to be Assholes
Motorists often feel and state that there isn’t room for bicycles on the street. Some beep and scream and go as far as to try and run people off the road. These people are fools, ignorant to the law, and a disgrace to humanity. Truly, unamerican, at the least, violent criminals at worst.
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Help Justin Ride His Bike and You Could Do Some Good without Doing Much at All
Justin Chechile is planning on riding his bike from Pittsburgh to my former port town home, Lake Erie. He’s trying to raise some cash to help people suffering from MS on the way. You can help, just pop on over to his page on the MS site and donate whatever you can, $2.50, $5, $9,999, whatever you can afford.
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Shiny Red Bikes are for Sharing!
Clear Channel Outdoor…will launch the country’s first bike-share service in Washington, D.C., in mid-May in partnership with the district’s Department of Transportation. SmartBike DC will initially offer annual subscribers access to 100 bikes at 10 stations in the city’s central business district. Other cities, including San Francisco and Chicago, are eager to follow suit.
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Pittsburghian Peds and Peddlers get $7M in 2008
Recently the City of Pittsburgh hired a Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinator to help improve those of use who navigate these streets sans automotech. More recently, Venture Outdoors, an organization that provides resources to active outdoor types trying to experience everything this city’s immediate surroundings have to offer, put out an job advertisement for a Bicycle Coordinator, with a big focus on betting more cycling happening in 2008 for Pittsburgh’s 250 anniversary.
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Pittsburgh Hiring Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinator
The City of Pittsburgh is finally hiring a dedicated Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinator who’s primary job function will be to improve the city’s cycling and walking options. This is such great news and one of those monumentous occasions where Pittsburgh takes a nice fat leap into what could be a very progressive future.
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Puma Urban Mobility Bike
Puma has come out with a new version of their Urban Mobility Bike, pretty similar to the original foldable velo aimed at those city dwelling soldiers who know the virtues of having a bike you can easily lock up or take onto the bus with you. This time they’ve made it an 8-speed as well.
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Climbing Squirrel Hill
Last year I conquered Squirrel Hill on an every other day basis in an 8 mile loop from Shadyside, over the hill, into Oakland and back. But alas, those were different times and in recent months I’d fallen out of shape and determination. Of course, a still sparkling New Year has relieved me of such burdens, and I’m back on the bike (just in time for Winter). This morning I decided to once again make headway into surmounting Squirrel Hill and injecting a healthy dose of “holy fuck!” into my lungs.
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Great Bike News for Pittsburgh
There have been a lot of really great things coming out of Bike Pittsburgh working with the city and PennDOT lately. The Alternative Transportation Festival is this weekend, celebrating hybrid cars, peddle pushing and the holy pedestrian. A recent study of the 60 largest US cities shows that Pittsburgh (ranked 57th largest city) has the 17th highest bicycle commuter population. We ranked 8th when measuring how many people don’t even own cars (14% of us don’t) and 7th for taking public transportation (21% ride the bus or T). Also, the Birmingham Bridge which connects Oakland and the Hill to South Side just recently got striped with amazingly apt bike lanes. We checked this out over the weekend and the lanes are huge and very accommodating. This could be the first step on massive improvements to connecting Oakland to Downtown, as it’s right next to the highly controversial stretch of road between Oakland proper and Soho.
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