Posted in bicycles, california cultural anthropology, city planning, tagged bicycle history, bicycle tourism, bike paths, bike routes on February 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Huell Howser passed away earlier this month. His entire library of “California’s Gold” episodes are now online because he donated his complete film catalog to Chapman University.
This episode talks about the first bikes in CA… long before cars. from 2004
thanks to Copenhagenize for sending the link!
Posted in bicycles, city planning, san luis obispo, tagged san luis obispo bike plan, san luis obispo budget, san luis obispo skatepark, slo skatepark on January 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The San Luis Obispo City Council voted on it’s new Major City Goals today at the budget meeting today. The following two photos show the outcome. Items with an average score of 3 or more are major City Goals. The balance are still important… just not the major goals.
See for yourself in the photos below how each council person prioritized their constituencies feelings. Good job Council. It’s a big list though!
It’s nice to see that expanding bike infrastructure is on the list. (and I am quite stoked that the skatepark finally will get funding)
sorry about the focus… only had a second to get the shot. click the photo for a large version.
Posted in bicycles, tagged bicycle book, bicycle design, bike advocacy, bike book, bike drawings on January 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
A designer friend James Sowins just introduced me to a cool little book of black and white illustrations of bikes by Cody Peterson called “Bikes for no reason. So you can design the color scheme of a bike… or just doodle ideas… whatever really. Cody built it as an additional outlet for his bike obsessions… in an effort to stem the flow of bikes into his house! I also have a problem with too many bikes… but have yet to figure out how to cut back. The books are 25 bucks and available on his website www.bikesfornoreason.com . All different types of bikes are featured in his drawings. Fun gift for bike people.
Posted in bicycles, city planning, happiness, san luis obispo, tagged bicycle, bicyles, bike culture, bike infrastructure, bike paths, bikes, copenhagenize, liveable cities, multi modal, TF-LUCE on December 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Click the YouTube link (see link just below) for a great TEDx talk on designing streets for all users. By Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize
Posted in bicycles, san luis obispo, tagged Bike Path, bike trail, bob jones trail, de anza trail, san luis obispo on September 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a link to the latest info on the BOB JONES TRAIL. skip to page 3, project 5 for the latest info.
Posted in bicycles, san luis obispo, tagged Big Sur, Bike Path, bike trail, california coastal trail, cambria trail, cayucos trail, hiking, morro bay trail, san luis obispo county on September 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The California Coastal Trail is will someday be a fairly big asset here in San Luis Obispo County.
here is a link to the San Luis Obispo County area part of the the trail
A video flyover of the future trail in north western SLO County:
<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/22046927″>Flyover of North San Luis Obispo County Coastal Trail project location</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/user6642335″>Alta Planning</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>
Posted in bicycles, city planning, tagged Anza trail, bicycle tourism, bicycle tourists, bike infrastructure, Bike Path, bike spending, bike tourism, bikes and business, bob jones trail, economic benefits of bicycle infrastructure on September 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
some interesting links sent to me by my friend Dallam Oliver-Lee:
Economic Benefits on Bicycle Infrastructure:
http://www.bikeleague.org/resources/reports/pdfs/economic_benefits_bicycle_infrastructure_report.pdf
Bicycle Tourism in Maine:
http://www.maine.gov/mdot/opt/pdf/biketourismexecsumm.pdf
Victoria, Australia Cycle Tourism Action Plan:
http://www.tourism.vic.gov.au/images/stories/Victoria%20s%20Cycle%20Tourism%20Action%20Plan%202011-2015%20final.pdf
Bicycle Tourism as a Rural Economic Development Vehicle:
http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/nbrn/resourcespage/BeierleBikeTourism.pdf
the photo was stolen from www.bikestorming.org
Posted in bicycles, city planning, san luis obispo, tagged Bike Kitchen, bike route, bob jones trail, railroad safety trail, san luis obispo bike path, san luis obispo bike plan, San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition on September 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The latest draft of the Bike plan update is available … REMEMBER… this is still just a draft… not approved yet by the city council… it will need your support in the future:
http://www.slocity.org/publicworks/documents/bikeplan/2012/btpdraftproject.pdf
Posted in bicycles, city planning, san luis obispo, tagged Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, bicycle, bike infrastructure, bike lanes, Bike Path, bikes, bob jones trail, Cambria, Cayucos, de anza trail, Edna valley bike path, Grover Beach, morro bay, Oceano, Paso Robles, pismo beach, san luis obispo bike path, San Luis Obispo County bike path, Templeton on September 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Every so often the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG)looks at the unmet transit needs across the county. There is a comment section online where you can list what transit needs you feel are important. This includes Bicycle improvements you would like to see in the COUNTY. Regional trails are obviously big on my mind so I posted my comments on the the SLOCOG site.
Anyone’s comments are welcome… So I encourage you all to post your thoughts on unmet cycling needs (or any transit related needs) at: http://www.slocog.org/Join/Unmet_Needs.php
Please mention the ANZA trail… and any other improvements you are interested in… such as a trail from SLO to Morro Bay, SLO to Los Osos etc.Remember… this is for the COUNTY… and unincorporated cities… not so much for inside the incorporated city limits.
SLOCOG will be meeting in early 2013… so get your comments in now.
BTW…Thank You! to my friend Dallam Oliver-Lee for these links!
Posted in bicycles, city planning, san luis obispo, tagged Bike Path, bike paths, de anza trail, edna, edna valley, pismo beach bike path, san luis obispo bike path on August 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today the San Luis Obispo County supervisors voted 4-1 (Supervisor Mechum opposed) to allocate funds for appraisals, title searches, phase 1 environmental assessments, and other data related to the possibility of purchasing the bike path parcels in Edna along the Juan Batista de Anza Trail route. This is great news. HOWEVER… they also stated that they would only pay a minority share of the cost of these parcels rather than the full amount as recommended by the Parks Commission. So this means that parties interested in seeing this bike path come to fruition… like me… will need to fundraise to the tune of approx 225k. (a bit more than half of the property cost.) They have the right to do this… times are tough at the county… so I understand… but I don’t have to be happy about it.
So we have our work to do… and the various advocacy groups are proceeding now with the options available for obtaining the funds we didn’t know we were going to have to raise until today. We have approx 4 months to do it so it will be a real push.
I guess I should try and remember… this is California… soon the state will be telling drivers that if they want roads without potholes… then get some asphalt and a shovel and go fix them yourself.
We somehow seem to have plenty of state funds around for more prisons though… end of rant.
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