Hi everyone! Thanks for checking in with this sadly neglected blog. It’ll be up and running again soon; for now, it’s high time to post a quick update about a few different professional goings-on: Zines Taking the Lane #6: Lines on the Map went off to print this week! That means it’s important to fully […]
Archive | February, 2012
Guest post: Transitnomics: The real cost...
Posted onThis guest post is by Brian Morrissey, hailing from Chicago. He tackles social and economic transportation issues on his blog, Commuter Age (or is that Commute Rage?) and on Twitter. Here, he takes a close look at the economic implications of the federal transportation funding shakeup on Chicago’s transit system. He has also written an […]
Guest post: Carfree families: Doing the ...
Posted onThis guest post is by Sarah Gilbert, a Portland writer and blogger. She’s also the mom whose story of being turned away from a local burger joint with her three young kids led to the chain retooling their drive-thru policy and signage to actively welcome people on bikes. Even in dreamy Portland, carfree parenting isn’t […]
Jobs and the Transportation Bill
Posted onThe news of the moment is that federal transportation money is in a tough spot, and Congress is currently batting around various transportation bills. One of them will eventually pass, and it is pretty much guaranteed to include lots of money for new freeways, new regulations that allow heavier trucks, a mandate to drill for […]
Bike-Sexuality -- a call for submissions
Posted onUpdate: BikeSexuality exists! You can buy a copy here. “Bike-sexual” panel from TTL5(click to make bigger) The seed of this idea started while the submissions for Our Bodies, Our Bikes were rolling in. The first several entries were also the most frankly sexual, and their writers, even the ones who chose to remain anonymous, ended […]
Lines on the Map
Posted onUpdate: Lines on the Map exists; you can get a copy here. The next (and sixth!) zine in the Taking the Lane series is in the works. I’ll keep this post short and sweet and leave you with this link to the Kickstarter project where guest editor Katelyn has described it well. I’m thrilled about […]