Family Bicycling: The Kids Are All Right (The Parents Less So)
Last summer, Kidical Mass Alexandria held its first bicycle ride, encouraging families to take to streets and bike paths for fun, transportation, and exercise. The national Safe Routes to School...
View ArticleGreenways: Safer Streets By Design
In June 2014, citing local opposition, City staff shelved the idea of converting Old Town's Royal Street in Old Town into a bicycle and pedestrian friendly “greenway."
View ArticleCan We Make Bicycle Helmets That Work For Children?
As misleading helmet-promoting “research” continues to appear, and to be promptly debunked[1], the possibility that helmets may yet have some benefit for our most vulnerable population, children, seems...
View ArticleDriven To Distraction
Based on the latest report from the League of American Bicyclists, distracted driving is now endemic, so much so that the entire conversation about bicycles and cars on the roads may need to change.
View ArticleGoing Car Free: It Isn’t Just For New Yorkers
To some, a car is a symbol of freedom. To others, going “car free” means independence from the stress of driving.
View ArticleThe Women Speak Up
The Alexandria SpokesWomen are making bicycling fun and easy, instead of intimidating, through events, social and educational gatherings, and social media. According to Portland State University, 70%...
View ArticleOpening Streets To People Can Be Good Clean Fun
Because I write about traffic, my friends tell me that we should have less of it. A car-free zone is a perennial idea.
View ArticleCitizens Need To Take Responsibility For Traffic
The latest “traffic safety” campaign is underway in Old Town. In a post entitled “A Bicycling Hostile City – Again”, blogger John Picket tells us that police “are singling out bicyclists,” not in...
View ArticleRich Driver, Poor Driver
Last week, a reader told me I should write about high occupancy toll lanes that, if extended to the Wilson Bridge, would carry traffic through a rush-hour Beltway bottleneck, but only for those who...
View ArticleLet’s Please Use The Transportation Improvement Tax For Transportation...
To fund “priority transportation projects”, Alexandria City Council passed a 2% add-on property tax in 2011. With added cash from the General Fund, City Council created the Transportation Improvement...
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