Bikes on Sidewalks

Whoa…. this long holiday weekend has included not one, but two good Dispatch articles.  This one is about bicycles on sidewalks, currently illegal in Columbus.
[Bike riders are] concerned about a proposal that would lift Columbus’ ban on riding on sidewalks. The proposed change was introduced by Councilwoman Charleta B. Tavares as part of an ordinance that [...]

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The Good Ole’ Days of $4 Gas

When I’m old and gray, will I be telling my grandkids about how I used to be able to buy a gallon of gasoline for only $4?  If people keep bidding up the price of this finite resource like they are today, I might be able to tell that story before my first gray hair [...]

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Bikes Are For Poor People

At least that’s what your friends at AutoZone want you to think…

Personally, I think that kid would have been smarter if he would have kept pedaling. That Torino probably gets 12 mpg, and he probably spent hundreds on repairs.
Decisions like that are gonna put you in the poor house, son.

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Congress Votes to Fund Rail “Dreams”

Hat tip to Noozer who pointed us to a Cleveland Plain Dealer article that has a nice summary of the recent passage of SB-6003, and what it means to Ohioans. I’ll just say this about the title…If $4.00 gasoline is a “nightmare”, then I suppose high-speed rail in Ohio qualifies as a “dream”. [...]

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Google Streetview Posted for Columbus

As first posted on Columbus Underground, Google Streetview is now live in Columbus.

Q. What is Streetview?
It’s a way to view street-level photographs that Google took with a car-mounted camera while driving all over the region.
Q. How do you use it?
1. Go to Google Maps and click on the Streetview button at the top of the map.  It’s right [...]

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Columbus Scooter Parking Debate

Urban In-Fill
Columbus Scooter Parking Debate
June 10, 2008 by Jeff Johnson
A group of downtown enthusiasts/scooter fans met this past Friday to discuss ways to enhance the urban experience and how it relates to moving people in, out and around downtown Columbus.
Those who commute to work on motorized two-wheeled vehicles are seeking solutions. This group is interested [...]

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Set Your TiVos!

I just watched a great hour-long piece on HDNet called “Dan Rather Reports: Why So High? America and the Price of Oil”.
It goes into the fundamentals of the oil markets, and focuses on many solutions we’ve been following in this space.  Specifically, it goes into great detail on stories like record bus ridership, mixed-use development, [...]

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Bicentennial Bikeways Master Plan

The final master plan has been unveiled in the form of a gargantuan 27 MB PDF report.
Here’s the LINK.
I haven’t had much time to really dig into it yet, but there appears to be a lot to like. It also looks like a few suggestions have been picked up, because I notice much better [...]

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COTA’s new service upgrades rolled out in May

The Alive
In transit-ion
By John Ross
May 8, 2008
If you’re a regular bus rider in Franklin County, you might’ve noticed small improvements instituted on Monday by the Central Ohio Transit Authority.
One of three yearly service upgrades, COTA’s May changes included a number of small-scale modifications to scheduling, frequency and service hours resulting from an ongoing analysis of [...]

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Streetcar Engineering Study Delayed

Request for streetcar design is shelved
Coleman says residents need more information; $2 million left available
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 3:26 AM
By Robert Vitale
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In a public-works budget approved last night by Columbus City Council, streetcars are now known only as “miscellaneous economic development.”
Bowing to criticism from council members who’ve complained about being left out [...]

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