I bet there’s a market for this in South Minneapolis: House hunting for the health conscious A real estate brokerage company in Colorado has branded itself around the idea of using bicycles to tour homes for sale. Pedal To Properties, based in Boulder, was founded in an effort to “combine health and home,” according to [...]
The Other Mike found a story on Biking Bis where they explained that 40% of commuting is done within 2 miles of home. With that in mind, why not try using something other than a car for such short trips? Before committing to it, I decided to figure out what 2-miles from my house looks [...]
The Minnesota Lawyer Blog has a recap of recent bicycle accidents leading to injuries or death that have been in the news lately: Getting a handle on bicycle cases The negligence cases sometimes lead to lawsuits, of course. Minnesota Lawyer has reported this year on a $47,000 settlement procured by a bicyclist whose jaw was [...]
The StarTribune is reporting that the biker who died near Lake Calhoun earlier this week when he was hit by a bus is an Uptown resident named Adam Finley. He didn’t have any ID on him, but he was carrying his iPod, which was used to identify him with the help of Apple. I found [...]
When I first started reading this, I thought it was a report about a speeding bicyclist. That seemed rather strange. However, there was more to it: 300 blk 6th St S: Officers observed bicyclist riding at high speed; attempted to stop him; suspect fled from officers; when officers apprehended suspect, he admitted bicycle was stolen [...]
Midtown Greenway’s, originally uploaded by edkohler. The suspension beam is in place for the Midtown Greenway bike trail’s crossing of Hiawatha Ave and the LRT. The bridge is unique to Minnesota with a one-beam suspension style. Some have criticized the bridge for it’s price. The Other Mike and I calculated that this bridge costs the [...]
The Minneapolis Issues List has an interesting thread going about shared bike programs in Paris and Copenhagen. Basically, they have an hour-car style model using a bus-pass type card to gain access and pay for the bikes at a rate of approx. $1.38/day. The Copenhagen plan mentioned sounds interesting too: charge a deposit for use, [...]
Friends of the Mississippi River has an article on the proposed bridge over the Mississippi River gorge at approximately 27th St E near the current railroad bridge. As I understand it, the owners of the railroad bridge are not interested in sharing the bridge with pedestrians. There is certainly room on the bridge for both [...]
Biking Bis’ analysis says you have to go down to at least 5th place to find a clean rider in 1996 Tour de France: Who gets 1996 Tour de France title? So who would be worthy to receive it? We might have to go pretty far down the list of finishers to find someone. No. [...]
Biking Bis has a great summary of the bike-friendly policies of companies including Google, who kicks $100 to the charity of your choice for every 20 days you bike. So, if you’re a full-time bike commuter, that’s $100/mo for charities, clean air to breath, and a healthy body. Pretty cool. More companies that really promote [...]