I’ve done a few Kickstarter projects in my day (okay, I’m on my 15th or 16th, depending on who’s counting). So far, they’ve all been successful, though the current one is making me good and nervous as it gets down to the wire. Note: The Kickstarter project has been fully funded. You can now order […]
5 Lessons from a Prolific Kickstarter
New book proves it: Cars are in the Way
Posted onBikenomics is happening. Not just the book, but the movement. I had an op-ed in the Guardian this morning, explaining some of the reasons why cars are in the way—not just in terms of clogging up public roadways, but in the way of ordinary people getting by economically, in the way of being able to […]
Hang up and drive: Ringtone edition
Posted onYesterday morning, walking the dog, I was idly noticing just how many of the people driving down our relatively quiet residential street were talking on the phone. Out of my precaffeinated haze emerged one of those ideas that entertained me so much that I knew I had to do it. By mid-afternoon, it had been […]
Bikenomics News Roundup
Posted onAnother week of Bikenomics news! I’ll try to do this every Wednesday—with the greater goals of getting back into the habit of blogging, and continuing to talk about stuff that has come up since I finished writing the book in July. (Side note: The book doesn’t come out til December 1st… but it’s been printed! […]
Bikenomics News Roundup
Posted onBikenomics is coming out in just a month and a half. And I’ve got a kickstarter project running to fund the book and a tour. But I stopped making edits months ago, and the ideas and conversations in the book have already been continuing in my head. Once you read it, they’ll be continuing in […]
A Nobel for the one who predicted it all
Posted onIn my late teens I got a job in a video store in Hamden, Connecticut and worked there on and off for five years, standing behind a computer and renting movies. It happened to be the only good video store in the region, so we had a lot of customers make the 4 mile drive […]
Bikenomics is coming soon...
Posted onWell, it’s happening. Bicycles are changing U.S. culture, infrastructure, and economy at a remarkable rate. I’ve been on a mad dash for years to try to keep up with all the instances of amazing work, community, and change going on around bikes. Along the way, I’ve been writing about as much of it as I […]
Call for Submissions: Bikes in Space Vol...
Posted onThat’s right—we’re doing it again. The Bikes in Space zine (#10 of the quarterly Taking the Lane series) was a hit all around. You liked it, the stories and art submitted were awesome, and I had an absurd amount of fun making it happen. All those stories really just whetted my appetite for more. And […]
Call for Submissions: Our Bodies, Our Bi...
Posted onUpdate: Thanks to this project moving along at quite a slow timeline, the general call for submissions is extended until July 1, 2014. The time has come. “Our Bodies, Our Bikes” was the fifth issue of Taking the Lane, and also one of the most popular. It sold out quickly and has long been out […]
Dogs on bikes (with photos!)
Posted on“Four Paws, Two Wheels” — the 11th volume of Taking the Lane quarterly feminist bike zine — is out. Or it’s about to be. I was in the Bay Area last week for the always extra awesome SF Zine Fest; on the second day Amy of 1984 Printing dropped by my table looking a little […]
A Carfree Book, Bike, and Yoga Tour for ...
Posted onKelli Refer is going on tour at the end of August to promote her new book, Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling. She’ll be doing readings and teaching yoga workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest. She and her partner, Tom Fucoloro of Seattle Bike Blog, will travel from city by city by bicycle, bus, train, […]
New Kickstarter: Dogs and bicycles, toge...
Posted on“Four Paws, Two Wheels” is set to be the eleventh issue of Taking the Lane’s quarterly zine…if it’s fully funded by 10am this coming Thursday. Help make that happen over at our Kickstarter project! Here’s a little video Ruby and I made to entice you: There’s always a wide gap between cover art and what […]
Bikenomics: The cost of depreciation
Posted onMy next book, Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy, comes out December 1st. I gave a talk at the Portland Art Museum on July 14th as part of a panel on the topic—here’s a version of what I read, an edited excerpt from the book. The American Automobile Association publishes a report every year […]
Food, Yoga, Bicycles -- August 26th Port...
Posted onUpdate: Kelli’s book tour is organized! Check out her dates, tell your friends, and get in touch if you’d like to help. Well, this is exciting. The Culinary Cyclist by Anna Brones and Pedal, Stretch, Breathe by Kelli Refer — Our first two books with spines — are coming out right around the same time […]