July 12, 2010
In and around Charlotte >
- Esp
ada Bicycles - UPDATE: Espada may be moving from behind the (former) Center of the Earth Gallery in NoDA to the front (in the current Beet shop space)! We should know sometime in August for sure. In the meantime check-out their weekly rides on Tues. eves. Congratulations, Nick and Steve. For more info contact: steve@espadabicycles.com (BTW: Espada is espanol for “sword”).
- Bicycling progress at UNCC – UPDATE: We’re told by co-chair, faculty member Emma Bianchi that the campus bicycle advocacy group now has an official name: “UNCCharlotte Cyclists” and has a volunteer designing their logo. Keep up the good work !
- Charlotte seeks Silver “Bicycle Friendly Rating” - Subcommittees have formed of members of the Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) to the Mayor, City Council and County Commissioners to work towards the next higher rating from the current Bronze level. For more information contact CABA.
- Bike rack update – CDOT has approved the first set of racks to be installed under CABA’s $20,000 bike rack contract to to place 100 – 2 bike racks on commercial sites in Charlotte. They will go at 12 Harris Teeter locations and several others in and near the UNCC Research Park. We expect more from Food Lion (12 racks), Lat Purser (2), Crosland Development (5), Common Market (1) in the coming months. Any suggestions ? Let us know by clicking the cloud bubble below.
- Recent publications by Martin Zimmerman (CABA Exec. Director) - A Spring issue of Urban Land magazine featured Martin’s article on Green Transportation Policies in Vancouver (including coverage of bike lanes and bike valet service at the Winter Olympics). Read it and view a city that takes sustainability seriously.
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Posted by martinzimmerman8
June 27, 2010
Los Angeles gets cycle smart
LA- Sprawl city goes green
From Bloomberg Businessweek on-line: Mayor Antonio Villaraigose is on a roll. Who would expect LA to spend $230 million on 1,700 miles of bicycle paths. Copenhagen has a $1.6 billion pot for bike paths, green energy products and retrofitting buildings targeted for 2012, and London is adding capacity for 120,000 bike trips per day. Read the entire article – CLICK: Bucks for bikes
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Posted by martinzimmerman8
June 16, 2010
6 reasons why they’re riding bikes
Everyday commuting – from “treehugger” on-line ~ ~” Significant numbers of women on bikes in city environments is an important bellweather -it means the
Copenhagen, Paris, Washington D.C....are you ready for this Charlotte NC ?
infrastructure of separate bike paths, bike traffic lights and other aids for cyclists is beginning to be sufficient to get women over their fears and out on their bikes…”
For full coverage click: Green skirts and silver heels. And read the blog comments too, because there a plenty of women offended by the imagery of silver heels and flowers……
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May 29, 2010
Never heard of it ? This is for real !
According to Wikepedia the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), which occurs on June 12…is , well, just that . At least…uh… almost.
The dress code motto is “Bare As You Dare”, meaning total nudity is “not exactly” a requirement. This distinctive form of Critical Mass, occasionally called Critical Ass, is a combination of political protest and street theater. Call it “a natural way to send out a message about sustainable values”.
Alas, poor Charlotte has yet to get its act together. Guess noone wants to trigger a reprisal from County Councilman, Bill James.
CLICK: Press the Flesh for further dilectibles from around the Blue Marble.
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Posted by charlottebikes
March 15, 2010
The best year ever…
From Martin Zimmerman / CABA Exec. Director -
I know from having lived in Washington DC for several years that March weather there can be cold, wet and clammy, but this year the skies were crystal blue, the temperature in the 60’s and the spirits high (even on the crowded METRO rail!) As I took the METRO last Tuesday to the posh Ronald Reagan International Center, located a few blocks from the home of the Obama family, I had no idea the Annual Summit conference hosted by the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) with over 700 attendees from the US, Canada and Australia, would be the largest in a decade. North Carolina also had its largest delegation – a total of 17 – representing TREK and other industry reps, road and mountain bike clubs, bike shops, and bike / ped planners. This year Ken Tippette, Charlotte’s bicycle program manager (dressed in a grey pin-stripe suit!) participated as panelist for the workshop highlighting cycling and mass transit. Bart Stetler of South Park Cycles and Steve Doolittle of Cool Breeze Cycles (both shops are corporate sponsors of CABA) rounded off the Charlotte group.
To read my personal journal, CLICK: Summit DC
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