An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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HANGIN’ IN THE ‘HOOD
A solution to the problem of bike parking in congested cities:
Runs on the same energy as the bikes themselves: pedalling.
European and Asian cities might take this seriously. In Vancouver, we have one main advantage: hundreds of empty spots – indeed, whole floors – in off-street parkades.
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BICYCLING FOR REPUBLICANS
No doubt you have been following with some alarm the criticisms flung from within our ranks at the recent uptick in bicycling. Some of our well-meaning friends demean this act of transportation, seeing bicycles as vehicles exclusively for brainless liberals and politicians pandering to eco-Nazis.
Not so! As we will expound in the following articles, bicycles are the optimal mode of transportation for Real Americans.
[REAL AMERICAN: When she’s not wrenching her Schwinn Stingray Jr., Marissa is taking home gold medals in Estacada’s Annual Minibike Biathlon and ferrying her granddaughter to beauty pageants. This sharp-shooter is also a founder member of Oregon’s Mama Grizzlies. Rawr. – Nicolle Clemetson]
