Victory! Bikes Rule
Inspired by Streetfilms Bike Vs Car Vs Transit, the Car Free Days family took a challenge of their own: Bike Vs. Bus from our house in Ravenna to Westlake Park in downtown Seattle for a little holiday in the big city action.
The event:
A door-to-door speed test pitting Tim’s Xtracycle against Anne and 2 kids on foot to the bus stop, then on the bus to Westlake Park. Our departure times and routes were the same, but the outcome would be different Continue reading
Posted in bikes, extravehicular activities, seattle, streetsblog
Tagged Bike Vs Bus Challenge, bikes, bus, metro, Race, seattle
I had minor knee surgery Thursday. I’m surprisingly mobile, (three laps around the block yesterday!) but not quite up for my normal ride. That meant a trip home from work via Metro bus today. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a very good bus commuter. I resent buses being late and early (and sometimes on time). Mostly it’s my problem because I have time issues. Regardless, I’d rather ride.
One advantage of the bus, I found today, is the ability to check on the state of the Seattle bike commute. On my daily ride, I see a few folks out there but don’t get a sense for numbers. I don’t pass a lot of riders and don’t get passed too much either. Mostly I just roll along alone, occasionally waving toward oncoming riders. Am I alone or just riding in a bike-free bubble? It’s hard to tell.
Posted in alternative transportation, bigger than here, bikes, Commute, mass transit, seattle, sustainability
Tagged bikecommuters, bikes, bus, commuting, seattle, transit
I have this love-hate relationship with the bus. I love the idea of mass transit but hate Metro‘s implementation. I get impatient with all the stops. Why can’t we make people walk just a little farther, cut out half the stops and and speed the whole route up? Continue reading
Posted in alternative transportation, bikes, extravehicular activities, mass transit, seattle
Tagged , bikes, bus, mass transit, metro, seattle, xtracycle
Sept. 23, 2007: I should have posted this when it happened, but gosh I felt soooo ashamed!
Anne and I had a great run going with the Xtracycles — We parked our cars for 22 days and let our bikes do the talking. Grocery stores. School pickups. Play dates. Parent dates. All of it. I even delivered a bike box to FedEx via longbike. It felt good …
And then we drove… on World Car Free Day of all days!
Posted in alternative transportation, bikes, extravehicular activities, kids, longbikes
Tagged bikes, bus, carfreeday, cyclocross, global, local, metro, xtracycle
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