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Transportation Demand Management Plan Survey

The Military Growth Task Force is seeking comment on the Transportation Demand Management Plan currently in development. There is an online survey and a public workshop scheduled for commuters in the Jacksonville-New River-Camp Lejeune areas. If you’re a commuter (whether by automobile, public transportation or bicycle), I recommend that you complete the survey and attend [...]

City of Jacksonville: Recreation and Parks Commission Agenda for August 23rd, 2010

Below is the agenda for August’s meeting for the Recreation and Parks Commission. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE RECREATION AND PARKS ADVISORY BOARD Meeting Agenda Monday, August 23, 2010 6:00 PM Jacksonville Commons Senior Building Community Room Call to Order Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes – July 26, 2010 Meeting Director’s Report Department Vacancies Summer Program [...]

City of Jacksoville: Trails and Greenways Commission Agenda for August 16th, 2010

Below is the agenda for August’s meeting for the Trails and Greenways Commission. AGENDA JACKSONVILLE TRAILS & GREENWAYS COMMISSION Monday, August 16, 2010 6:00 P.M. Senior Center – Community Room I. CALL TO ORDER – Introduction REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – Approval of July’s meeting minutes PRESENTATIONS – None OLD BUSINESS – Update [...]

Justice Delayed in Bicyclist’s Death

Joel Roberson, Jr. was killed at Jacksonville’s Western Blvd intersection with Gateway North early on an April morning as he was bicycling to his job at a local McDonald’s. Roberson was riding on the roadway’s shoulder, right of the fog line,  and was doing everything right. Marine Sergeant Bryan Gullett, of MCAS New River’s VMMT-204 Osprey [...]

Staying Alive: Bicycles Can Save Africa

Tip of the plastic hat to Urban Velo for this: Bicycle Portraits – Staying Alive from Bicycle Portraits on Vimeo. Many Americans mock those of us that use bicycles as primary forms of transportation instead of the more common automobile. It’s a shame, because I believe that bicycles can be the future of a more [...]

Letter to the Editor: On Mike McHugh’s Column on Gasoline Prices

The Jacksonville Daily News has published a letter to the editor I sent regarding Mike McHugh’s column on gasoline prices in the Jacksonville-Swansboro-Onslow County area. You can read the letter below or visit the Jacksonville Daily News’ version, but be sure to read McHugh’s column first. Disagree with my letter? Support it? Let me know [...]

City of Jacksonville: Trails and Greenways Commission Meeting May 2010

The City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission meets Monday, May 17th at 6PM at the Jacksonville Commons Senior Center located at the Commons Recreation Center. I recommend and ask that anyone interested in expanding Jacksonville’s trails and greenways and making our community more accessible to bicycle and pedestrian traffic attend the Commission’s meetings and [...]

2010: The Obligatory Goals Post

It’s a new year. And that means new goals. Many of my goals are the same as last year…Goals that I’ve failed at achieving. But, we never let failure stop us from trying to succeed. We’d really never get anything done if we did! There’s a number of things I want to do this year. [...]

Bicyclist’s Behavior from the Driver’s Seat

It’s been no secret that I haven’t been bicycle commuting the last few months (since September). It started with an illness and has just been snowballing after that. So, as I’ve been driving to my office aboard Camp Lejeune, I’ve spent plenty of time in stop-and-go traffic. This has afforded me to observe bicyclists’ behavior [...]

Down East Cyclists: Invitation to Down East Cyclists’ and City of Jacksonville Family Fun Ride on October 10th, 2009

On behalf of the Down East Cyclists’ bicycling club, I’d like to invite you to participate in the Down East Cyclists Family Fun Ride on October 10th, 2009 at 9 o’clock in the morning. The Family Fun Ride will begin at the Onslow County Tax Office on Court Street and will follow the Rails-to-Trails Greenway [...]

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