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New Year’s Resolutions
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. I mean, I’ve always figured if you’re going to do something, why wait for the new year to do it? That said, the new year does enable us to look back on the...
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Bike Week Log
Monday, May 12: Rode to school with my 8th grade daughter, as we do just about every Monday morning for the last year or so. The ride takes us about 35 minutes, but affords us a nice father-daughter...
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Bike Week 2015
The annual national Bike Week event always provides a good opportunity to reflect on the state of bicycling where I live and ride. On the one hand, things are moving much too slowly in terms of the...
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New Transit Developments
The future of car free or car light living in the San Gabriel Valley depends on expanded transit and its integration with networks of pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods and a good network of bike lanes....
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Grading Pasadena’s Transit Stations
Researchers at UC Berkeley have released a study of rail transit stations in California’s metropolitan areas and the results, while unsurprising, are nonetheless revealing. Researchers graded transit...
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Self-Driving Cars
Often when I discuss my alternative transportation with people, I get a similar response: “what about self-driving cars?” At one level, I know people are often just making conversation, but it...
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Loving LA The Low Carbon Way
Loving LA The Low Carbon Way: A Personal Guide to the City of Angels via Public Transportation, by Grace E. Moremen & Jacqueline Chase, (Claremont, CA: Dreamboat Press, 2015). This delightful...
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2016 Highlights
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time for taking stock of the year’s developments in car-free transportation in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia Gold Line station. At the top of my list is the opening of...
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Bike Share!
Red roses for Bastille Day … and Pasadena! July 14—Bastille Day—Bike Share came to Pasadena, with a grand opening celebration in front of Pasadena City Hall. It was a cause for celebration and a...
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Advice for a new bike commuter
One of my friends, a former student, asked me for some advice on social media for getting started bike commuting to the Gold Line commuter rail here in L.A.: “What’s the best way to get started taking...
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