Now that Google’s done mapping and photographing all the important streets in the world, they’re turning their attention to the auto-free zones. Now Google Maps is expanding to biking and hiking trails. A Google employee on a tricycle rides around to snap the same wide-area views. “Much of the world is inaccessible to the car,” [...]
In preparation for the 2009 Bull Moon Ride, Durham Habitat for Humanity is hosting a potluck dinner and a chance to view a classic cycling film. Roxanne Hall and Peter Anlyan send out this note to the Durham cycling community… Breaking Away (IMDB page at link) Oscar winner for Best writing, Best actress and Best [...]
The uncomfortable truth about the everyday meeting place for automobiles and bicycles is that we both share the same width of road, despite a significant discrepancy in power, weight, and protection from the environment. The very same feat of civil engineering that makes road biking so pleasant (smooth pavement) facilitates distracted drivers continuing the culturally [...]
One of my photos is up for a vote. The question: whether it should be included in a magazine issue of photos themed Zen. If it moves you, feel free to vote here by February 10th. Note: You probably have to become a member of JPG magazine first.
A few more meetings, and we should see a bridge. Tomorrow (Wednesday), September 17, the City of Durham’s Department of Public Works is hosting a drop-in style information meeting on the bicycle and pedestrian bridge that will one day span I-40. Two bridge designs made the penultimate cut, with one emerging the victor. The City [...]
View Larger Map Durham’s tearing down the controversial Apex Street bridge over the American Tobacco Trail, the (existing) pedestrian connection between the St. Theresa neighborhood and Forest Hills. Beginning September 2, the City is tearing down the bridge, installing a new access ramp, and rerouting ATT traffic for three weeks. A few years ago, nowhere [...]
The design firm hired by the City of Durham to design a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over I-40 is hosting their second public meeting. Even though the bridge over I-40 is approximately only 200 linear feet of the overall four miles being added to the American Tobacco Trail in Phase E, the bridge is the [...]
Durham Bull Pen, a new Durham blog, has up a photo essay of a January bike ride down the American Tobacco Trail. Take a look.
Construction dates for the American Tobacco Trail bridge over I-40 and the new pedestrian bridge over 147 are indexical: no matter when you ask, the answer is always “they should be completed in about 2 years.” As a member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission for the past 4 years, “When will the ATT [...]