another article about australia (they have the obligation to wear bike helmets) and their future planning:
Heavy bike traffic in uetrecht:
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/10/utrecht.html
(at tripple speed, but whew. what a busy intersection...)
What's the average distance travelled by those folks?
Mo Okt 25 2010 08:22:38 EDT von IGnatius T Foobar @ UncensoredThat's awesome. I'd love to be part of a big bicycle commuting community.
What's the average distance travelled by those folks?
They probably do ~1 - 6 km which would be around up to 4 miles?
my daily commute is 20 km (~12 miles?) each.
this guy is bike commuting new york:
http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/new_from_new_york/
nice movie also, interesting to see the different ways of road layout etc.
nice campaign from some german towns: Turn on your brain, turn the engine off:
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/11/brain-on-motor-off.html
sadly haven't been in any of these cities last year :-(
beltane found some nice videos from Copenhagen showing rush-hours from all year round:
http://beltane73.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/rush-hour/
while me does cycle all year round, that huge number of bikes even during snowy wheather in january, its amazing.
...and how big is your turf?
http://www.streetfilms.org/revisiting-donald-appleyards-livable-streets/#more-48630
Heh. That's about the sum of it. :)
Oddly enough, I was thinking about something like that a few days ago. A real breakthrough would be to develop a way to directly convert the energy stored in one's body to electricity, for powering cell phones and computers and such. Most of us are carrying around a bunch of extra stored energy that we don't really want.
(Yeah I know, hand cranked generators etc. etc. I'm talking about a way to do it at the molecular level without all that.)
The most anybody actually does when they're 'geocaching' is to explore the supposed area in SecondLife.
Under the guise of training with our new $400 GPS receivers that we convinced the Army to purchase us, I have been out a few times with my family, a friend who's really into it, and by myself once or twice.
Mon Nov 08 2010 02:28:41 PM EST from the8088er @ UncensoredAnyone ever been Geocaching?
Pretty darned close. Not $400 close, but they are powerfully nice units (Garmin Rino 530HCx), and have built-in weather radios and transceivers for use as backup comms.
Unfortunately, the chargers they come with are very poorly designed and break very quickly, making it impossible to charge the battery packs (which do last a long time). The AA adapter packs don't last nearly so long and are bulky.
just without the radios (I have a big radio that kicks the shit out of
the Rinos)). Resolution of about two feet, accuracy to about 10.
What surprises me the most is the map sets. CityNav has a bunch of
dirt roads, i'll find myself way out in the mountains and the little
jeep trail I'm on is mapped and routable on the receiver.
I power my GPS from the {bike|sled|truck}, so a pair of AA's lasts me a
few weeks of daily use :)
http://wildcat.homeunix.net/moto/DSC02274.jpg
http://wildcat.homeunix.net/20100214/DSC01610.jpg