Posts Tagged ‘rail’

Sorry to start the roundup with sad news, but 52-year-old Burleson County cyclist Donald Nelson was killed last Monday outside of Caldwell. On Wednesday, a six-year-old was run over by an SUV in Dallas. Which vehicle is the dangerous one again? Rob D’Amico reports in a “virus-induced fog” (his words, guess I’ll trust him that [...]

NPR covered Spain’s high-speed rail network recently in comparison to ours, which is obviously WAY behind. So far behind as in not really there at all (unless you count Amtrak’s Acela service in the northeast, which is kinda-sorta-high-speed in some places and at some times because our tracks suck). It’s worth a listen, especially considering [...]

- and stop a $50 billion giveaway to the road lobby This is not directly related to cycling, but transit is a key component in making biking for transportation work. I just received an action alert from Transportation for America stating that two Republican senators, Kit Bond of Missouri and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, have [...]

News and interesting stories from the blogs: Portland Going For 25% Bicycle Mode Share Within 15 Years, San Francisco Bike Blog Would you mind saying that one more time, please? I could have swore you just said ‘25% Bicycle Mode Share within 15 years,’ but I’m not stupid, and I’m not crazy – yet – [...]

Stories & News From the Blogs: BTA releases results of Bike Commute Challenge, Bike Portland Melbourne sans car #5: Shopping by bike, Melbourne Metblogs The Myth of the Whining Cyclist, WashCycle Schwarzenegger Cuts Transit Big; Signs ‘Complete Streets’ Law, San Francisco Bike Blog How safe is your city? Put it to the “bicycle test”, Bakfiets [...]