Some new stickers just arrived at Taking the Lane Omnimedia world headquarters. I want to share them here partly to say “look, stickers!” but mostly to tell you about the artists who drew them. Update: You can now get your Proud BikeSexual stickers right here. One day a year or so ago I mentioned to [...]
Street harassment: Anatomy of a pain in the ass
Walking to the grocery store yesterday, I passed by two teenagers who were smoking and drinking 40s behind the taco joint next to the club across the street from my destination. As I got close to them, the one with his back to me glanced at me and then back at his friend, who took [...]
Lines Beneath the Map prints are here!
About a million years ago (alright, three months ago), when Katelyn Hale and I were putting together the last issue of Taking the Lane, we decided that a supplemental work of art would be a great boost for the zine itself and for Katelyn’s nascent block printing enterprise. We put the print as an offering [...]
Everything you wanted to know about bike counting but were afraid to ask
A bike survey on the Hawthorne Bridge in 2009. (Photo by Elly Blue) Last week I wrote that if we want to see a major increase in bicycling in the U.S., we are going to need to get mathematical about it. (This morning provided some vindication for the idea in the form of an article [...]
What’s BikeSexuality all about?
What the heck is BikeSexuality? Something different for everyone, surely. “Primarily attracted to other people who ride bicycles” is one definition, but like most such summations it’s hardly the final word. One way to find out is by helping fund my latest publishing project — a zine that covers a staggering (and surprisingly un-smutty) range [...]
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