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 [...]
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. [...]
I provide my usual and all-too-often needed apologies for being a less-than-stellar blogger. This post is a mixed-bag of stuff that’s been floating around my head these few weeks. The race for Jacksonville’s City Council There hasn’t been much public campaigning. Mr. Hunter Hadley, Jr (At-Large) has yard signs posted. Councilwoman Reva Sullivan (Ward 2) [...]
…And that the rate I’m breaking spokes (4th in as many weeks was today), I’m beginning to fear for my rear wheel. I was really hoping to not leave the apartment all weekend. Drat! Other than that, this was a pretty uneventful week as far as adventures in bicycling.
The City of Jacksonville’s Trails and Greenways, Parks and Recreations and Beautification and Appearance commissions met Monday, May 18th for their annual joint meeting. The agenda is here. All commissions previous meeting minutes were approved. The chairmen of each commission made reports on each the actions of each commission: Parks and Recreation: Work on the [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, the NC House Transportation Committee is meeting Tuesday and will consider House Bill 1451 – Bicycle Protection Act. If you live in North Carolina, I hope you’ll write your representatives, especially if they’re members of the House Transportation Committee, as is Mr. Cleveland. The following is the text of the email [...]
May is National Bicycle Month. May 11th to 15th is Bicycle to Work Week and May 15th is Bicycle to Work Day. If you can’t ride all month or all week, shoot for Friday. Think you can’t commute by bicycle? Guess again, my friends. Unfortunately, there are no events sponsored by the City of Jacksonville [...]
The week was full of incidents and accidents. Only one involved me directly, though. During last week’s DownEast Cyclist Club meeting, I heard that one of the bicyclists that routinely ride the Jacksonville Rails-to-Trails multi-use path had been involved in a nasty crash along the fenced area of Highway 24/Lejeune Blvd near the Camp Lejeune [...]
It’s been a while since I last detailed my adventures in car-free commuting. And, while there’s not a whole lot to talk about, there’s been a few changes. I’ve been reassigned from II MEF Family Readiness to Camp Lejeune’s Installation Personnel Administration Center (IPAC) located further into the base. The daily ride is 22 miles [...]
It’s been more than six months of full-time bicycle commuting and I’ve lived through near-misses by inattentive drivers, being yelled at and Jacksonville’s less-than-stellar bicycling environment. And, while I haven’t used the bicycle for enough other-than-commuting trips, I will be as the weather gets better. I’m going to stop publishing the weekly riding reports. They’ve [...]
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