NC Voices: Growth & Transportation Rose Hoban As a part of our ongoing coverage of Growth and Sustainability — this week on Morning Edition we’re featuring a North Carolina Voices series on Transportation. One form of transit stands out for it’s energy efficiency, health benefits and fun – that’s people-powered transportation. But in the Triangle, [...]
March 7 – 28, 2008, Bull City Bicycles gathers historic and contemporary photography of bicycles in Durham, NC. A celebration of the aesthetic simplicity, utility, and joy of bicycles, this show documents Durham’s sense of place from two wheels. Sources of photography include The Herald Sun, The Durham County Library, The Rare Book, Manuscript, and [...]
Play More with DPR Cycling is an amazing thing. It gets people outside and traveling the roads and trails of our community. Nothing beats the freedom and independence of cruising winding country roads or bombing down backcountry single-track…until you get a flat tire or your bike seems to be making the decisions on when to [...]
Over the last two years, both Duke and Carolina have initiated community bike programs. Through these programs, students, faculty, or staff of the universities can enroll in bike sharing (Duke Bikes and Blue Urban Bikes respectively), and “check out” a bike much like a book from the library. Ripon College, a small liberal arts college [...]
Reader Mike Halligan submitted this photo from his commute yesterday morning. He claims he made it over the frozen viaduct without falling. Nice photo Mike.
I had stopped working on the Durham cycling map that I put up more than two years ago. It remained popular, however. Now that Google has made it easy to create and save maps without the use of third-party software, it’s been very easy to go back and revisit this project. This is a small [...]
McCain’s hope has got to be that he doesn’t run against Obama. hat tip to Barry for showing me this one…
The second in a series on Durham’s unique bike racks, here are two photos of the bike rack that sits between Morgan Imports and Parker and Otis. Speaking of bike racks, the Durham City Racks bike parking program is a year and a half behind schedule. I spoke with Dale McKeel of the City’s Transportation [...]