The City of Long Beach has installed a considerable number of bike racks in public spaces. Do you suppose there’s someone out there who has already tried out each one?
Ideally, we can find secure places for us to lock our bicycles when we go about our shopping, and at banks, cafés, restaurants, and at work. Do you lock up the frame and both wheels? Do you prefer locations ‘out front’ or somewhere ‘tucked away’? Rosscott reminds us to have along a strong lock, so that we can leave our bicycle without worrying about coming back later to find it gone.
The System is created by Rosscott—a cartoonist who is also a cyclist. Rosscott makes thought-provoking and humorous observations about urban life, conditions at the office, transportation issues, and more.
Posted at LongBeachCyclists.com with permission. To see more of Rosscott’s work, go to www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/.
MichaelB, May 7th 2011 |
Tags: accessories, bike to work, commuting, cycling, lock, rosscott, System
Posted in Bicycle equipment/gear, advocacy
I get 30 bike-related RSS feeds dumped into my email each day. Most of the posts are just daily pictures of people on bikes, or the latest reinvention of 1950s technology that is all the rage. Only occasionally does anything worth passing along come my way.
This past Monday, Slate, posted an article about bicycle parking and how it could change America (the rest of the world is pretty much on onboard already). I encourage you to read it, think about it, mull it over… and pass it along. Don’t just pass it along to your friends, but send it to your city representatives and mayor as well.
If you want more reading on the topic, I encourage you to pick up a copy of
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do also by Tom Vanderbilt
ddougherty, August 19th 2009 |
Tags: bicycle, bike lane, commuting, economy, lock, Metro, parking, public transit, security, tickets
Posted in Education, advocacy
