#bicycle Articles


In Defense of the NSF

In 2009, Mont Hubbard, Ronald A. Hess, Dale L. Peterson, and I were awarded $300K for a two year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how people are able to balance on bicycles. We completed the work in September 2012 after an additional one year no-cost extension …

Freeport Boulevard Road Diet

Photo from the Sacramento Bee article. The Sacramento Bee published an article today showing off the city's work in making Freeport Boulevard safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. This makeover for the road was spurred by a locally viral video created by a McClatchy high school student years ago showing how …

NeverEnding Tandem

Yumi and I have two great friends, Aubrey and Kent, and they got hitched in mid May. Kent is a bike minister and when he saw the tandem I'd recently acquired he asked if Aubrey and he could ride it as part of their wedding. I was happy to oblige …

Campus District Assessment

I participated in a Cleveland Campus District bicycle and pedestrian assessment last Tuesday. Here is a copy of the thoughts I sent to the organizing groups: It was nice to meet you all on the assessment last week. I've been meaning to send in my responses before now, but I …