#eBikeThoughts: Electric-Assist Bicycles
E-bikes are the “excuse killer” for those who consider themselves too old or out of shape to ride long distances on a regular pedal bike.
Tag Archives: bicycles
The Winter of Minnesota’s Transportation Discontent
Why do so many people think it’s unthinkable to go outside during the winter — and better yet, to revel in active transportation?
Bikepacking Is Great
I went bikepacking again! That makes Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend, the perfect bookends to summer for bikepacking. Our destination this time was a hike-in site at beautiful Afton State Park. We weighed the pros and cons of taking such a roundabout route, and decided that this route was better than the one […]
Are Roundabouts Safer for Pedestrians?
Roundabouts are safer for motorized vehicles. But that may not be true for pedestrians, whose patterns have been insufficiently studied.
The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist
One of the things that drew me to the Twin Cities metro, and to St. Paul, is the cycling friendly community, and while St. Paul lags Minneapolis in many respects, it is still leagues ahead of most cities in this country and all the places I have lived. That being said, there is a virulent […]
“Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution”
Janette Sadik-Khan served as transportation commissioner for the city of New York during Michael Bloomberg’s tenure as mayor. She was in charge of most of the streets, roads, bridges, tunnels, and ferries responsible for moving a population of over eight million people. As such, she was responsible for the maintenance and programming of more infrastructure […]
World Bicycle Relief: Bicycles Are An Outsized Benefit
Education in Tanzania is critical to move out of poverty, and a bicycle is critical to get to school. World Bicycle Relief makes that possible.
Bicycling In Our National Politics
Editor’s Note: One of the missing voices in bicycle planning in the Twin Cities is college students. This series aims to include the perspectives of a generation that is much less likely than their parents to own vehicles. The authors are Macalester students enrolled in the “Bicycling the Urban Landscape” course. The overarching objective is […]
Make Biking Great Again
Editor’s Note: One of the missing voices in bicycle planning in the Twin Cities is college students. This series aims to include the perspectives of a generation that is much less likely than their parents to own vehicles. The authors are Macalester students enrolled in the “Bicycling the Urban Landscape” course. The overarching objective is […]
How to Make City Streets More Friendly
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from author Jay Walljasper’s new book, America’s Walking Renaissance. A bottom-up St. Paul project changes how people feel about their city Laughter, lively music and lip-smacking appreciation of food from many cultures animates St. Anthony Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota as a crowd whoops it up at the Better […]