March 5th, 2013
Cycling Advocacy’s Highest Goal, in 30 Seconds
I would raise money to air this during the Super Bowl:
Share the Road from AAA Public Affairs on Vimeo.
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February 15th, 2013
Louisville 2013
Traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, for the UCI World Cyclocross Championships. Wasn’t expecting anything in particular,m including the fantastic time everyone had. Here it is, in pictures. Make sure you turn the captions on.
January 2nd, 2013
Ask Del. Comstock to Stop Blocking Road Safety In Virginia
It’s almost time for the Virginia legislature to start a new session. And once again, they’ll have an opportunity to help make Virginia’s roads safer by bringing its laws into line with the rest of the country. For reasons I can’t fathom, this has somehow turned into a partisan question. Fairfax’s Delegate Barbara Comstock has repeatedly stood in the way of laws that would lead to safer roads. As WABA’s Greg Billing explains it:
| Tonight, McLean Citizens Association will host a Town Hall meeting with several local legislators, including Delegate Barbara Comstock. Delegate Comstock cast the deciding votes last year to kill two bills that would help protect bicyclists: 1) A bill that would prevent motorists from following a bicyclist more closely than is reasonable. Virginia appears to be the only state where bicyclists are excluded from “following too close” provisions; 2) A bill that “Requires drivers to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian or the operator of a human-powered vehicle.” Virginia is one of only four states without this provision.
Both bills will be introduced again this year by Delegate Alfonso Lopez. Support from Delegate Comstock is key to their passage. Why not attend this meeting and ask Delegate Comstock to support these bills? The meeting is 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean. For more information on these bills, see the talking points developed by Allen Muchnick of Virginia Bicycling Federation:
Meeting Details Can’t make tonight’s meeting? Please consider sending your comments to Delegate Comstock at bcomstock@delegatecomstock.com |
I hope you’ll let her know what you think of this.
November 21st, 2012
Blame It On My ADD
The action on this starts a couple of minutes in, but what makes it really special is the background that the first few minutes gives you. Check it out:
I suggest a full screening of this.
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November 19th, 2012
Clarendon Cycles: Thanks
This week’s piece tracks the theme of the season. Zero snark or irony here – I’m genuinely thankful for all of these things.
July 3rd, 2012
If it’s July . . .
it’s Le Tour:
I do not take calls during HC climbs or the last 5k.
June 28th, 2012
Clarendon Cycles: Investing in Better Communities
In which I express my frustration with the House GOP turning non-motorized transportation into some silly symbolic part of their culture war. Sure, go on about art funding, or abortion, or imaginary people coming to take your guns away. But really, making streets safe for all users is now for liberals only? Christ.
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June 22nd, 2012
Clarendon Cycles: Stupid )(*@#@# Bollards
This week my Clarendon Cycles column touched on a topic that, over the past year, has moved from mildly annoying to outright ridiculous: the proliferation of useless bollards on area trails. If Arlington County had merely been slow in removing what are obviously pretty useless obstacles, I can’t say I’d be terribly moved by the issue. But someone in Arlington County recently decided that the problem is that we don’t have enough bollards. If I didn’t know better, I’d say the new installation at the East Falls Church bridge was an effort at satire, but I don’t think it came out of Arlington County’s art budget.
(Recent bollard ridiculousness isn’t limited to Arlington – the new ones in the middle of the Mount Vernon Trail at the base of the Wilson Bridge? Are apparently there to keep Teh Terrorists away. That’s right, we’re worried that terrorists just might drive over the Wilson Bridge. Christ.)
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June 21st, 2012
2012 Crystal Ride Photos
So it turns out there was no official photographer for the 2012 Air Force Cycling Classic Crystal Ride this year. I wasn’t out shooting it, but I did end up with hundreds of photos as I was out there looking at locations for shooting the pro races later in the day. So, in case you know anyone who was looking for photos, here’s more than a few. Simple copies from the site? Free. Something that requires more work from me? Not free (but not expensive).
(I got a great interview with the fellow pictured above. It’ll run as one on my Clarendon Cycles columns, soon.)
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