As Muni, BART Await Rescues, Here’s What Else is On Gavin Newsom’s Desk
The governor must sign off by Oct. 12 on a huge loan and a sales tax measure. Several more streets and transit bills could also shape San Francisco's future.| The Frisc
In the last year, I've made very little progress on my mission to bike all over the map of West LA (and then the rest of the city?? We'll see). However, I have made SOME progress! I'm still using wandrer.earth to track my coverage. Here's the westside at 46%:| Laura Michet's Blog
October whooshed by in a swirl of leaves, events (a book festival, a gala, Halloween) and autumn light. Amid all that, here’s what I have been reading: The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward, ed. Maggie Smith and Saeed JonesI went to a wonderful event last month celebrating this fierce, wise, thoughtful […]| cakes, tea and dreams
Rivian's new mobility company Also has a wild new ebike and quad coming out. The post Rivian Spinoff Company Announced a Wild New eBike appeared first on Moss and Fog.| Moss and Fog
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. The kids are back A decade ago, 21 young Americans filed a lawsuit alleging that the United States violated their constitutional rights... The post What We’re Reading: U.S. Youth Take Climate Lawsuit to the Global Stage appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.| Reasons to be Cheerful
San Francisco has a painful scooter problem. The electric devices are driving a sharp increase in injury crashes. They’ve gone from zero a decade ago to 227 in 2024. Rental e-scooters arrived on SF streets in 2017. What the SF Municipal Transportation Agency calls “standup powered devices” now account for 6 percent of all […] The post SF’s Electric Scooter Danger Surges With Privately-Owned Devices appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
The governor must sign off by Oct. 12 on a huge loan and a sales tax measure. Several more streets and transit bills could also shape San Francisco's future.| The Frisc
The Philly Bike Ride is back on the streets of Philadelphia Saturday, Oct. 18, for its fourth year bringing a car-free “party on two wheels.”| Billy Penn at WHYY
Pandemonium Attachment: F84 Engineering's "Triple Bike"... The earliest motorcycles weren't much more than bicycles with internal combustion engines attached. In fact, William S. Harley's initial idea in 1901 was to motorized a bicycle, and some of the earliest Harley-Davidson prototy| BikeBound
In my role as Mr. Money Mustache, I do my best to be your one-stop-shop for Lifestyle Guru ideas. So over the years we’ve covered not just the Money side of life, but also the even more important stuff like health and fitness and the psychology of better, happier living. But there’s one single area […]| Mr. Money Mustache
One of the reasons I don’t write as often these days is that my life has gradually evolved into a Personal Finance Bubble. The people around me have learned to be purposeful with their money, which means they now have plenty of savings and never have to stress about the stuff. Good ideas have naturally […]| Mr. Money Mustache
This week-end I remembered that when I got my new phone, it counted my steps on its own, and I looked up why. I discovered that there's a Google Play Service that enables developers to get the user's activity (walking, running, cycling etc) and I decided to try to code my first Android app: Stravomatic....| colin@colino.net
Since I'm out of a job, I've got some time these days, and I spent the last three days with Paul. It was nice ! On monday we went to my ex-job in order to help Lynette (the HR person) getting internet back, We went by bike with Paul in the Gobug trailer. I was afraid...| colin@colino.net
Recently, I stumbled across a trade catalog that made me pause. As I looked at its vibrantly illustrated front cover, I thought of relaxing, summer days at the beach. It more »| Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
On our first return trip to Japan since leaving a year ago, we wanted to spend some time outside, but we didn’t want to carry a full complement of hiking/camping gear. Instead, we settled for a unique cycle route that connects Japan’s main island of Honshu to the island of Shikoku, passing over six smaller islands in the Seto Inland Sea.| Randomwire
Financial Post Magazine, June/July 1970 (published June 27, 1970). In his editor’s note for the June/July 1970 edition of the Financial Post’s recently revamped monthly magazine insert,…| Jamie Bradburn's Tales of Toronto
Bicycles in races like the Tour de France are using wireless braking systems, making them vulnerable to hacks and other cybersecurity issues.| The Debrief
If you monitor this website now and then, you will know that new content hasn’t been added for quite some time, while I work on a book about Indianapolis wheel history. And when I say “wheel” I mean it in the Victorian parlance, the nickname often ascribed to bicycles in its early days. After five... Read More The post International Cycling History Conference in Indy appeared first on Historic Indianapolis.| Historic Indianapolis
