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 … Continue reading
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… … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading