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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s been too long since I’ve posted and for that I’m sorry. It seems like the hours and days seem to speed by so quickly that there’s barely enough time to do the required stuff. It makes the nice-to-do stuff fall by the wayside. I’ve ridden the Day-Tripper to work three days this week. That [...]
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 [...]
Since the bicycle was unridden for the winter, it was the perfect time to get some upgrades. I’ve already talked about the controls upgrades in January. More recently, I’ve gotten a set of Shimano M324 pedals. These babies have a platform on one side and clipless on the other. Flexibility is the purpose. Local cycling [...]
It was a harsh winter in NC and that, along with my laziness, kept me from riding to work…And generally anywhere else. So there’s been a lot of driving. And I’ve been in several nearly-accidents. Just today I was almost hit twice by the same car! And the traffic…I’ve spent uncountable hours behind the wheel [...]
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 [...]
Spring has made it’s way, finally, to Jacksonville. Soon, I’ll be riding the bicycle to work. I’m excited about it, too. More, soon.
Saturday I picked up the Day-Tripper from The Bicycle Shop with a new set of handlebars, brake levers and bar-con gear shifters…And man, let me tell you, she’s a beautiful creature! The goal here isn’t to mimic a road bike or gain speed or anything like that. The goal is to provide more hand positions [...]
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