Showing How It's Done To Protect Bicyclists In Seattle

Sometimes, local government needs to be shown how it's done. Like in Seattle, where polite bicycle activists offered a lesson.

Bicycles At The Car Race

Some of the fastest cars on earth were at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NHRA Nationals, but I liked the bicycles there.

Roads Are For Everyone

We need to think different;y about our public right-of-ways.

This road isn't actually closed.

It's open for other public purposes besides motorized vehicles.

It's open for a First Friday street festival in Las Vegas' arts district.

Too often the Department of Cars, uh, Transportation forgets that not everyone wants to use a motorized vehicle and that public right-of-ways such as roads should be open for all users.

City of Henderson Stages Bicycle Swap Meet And Bike Safety Festival

I moved from a city where local government has a lot of meetings and powerpoint presentations about bicycling.

But the city of Henderson outside Las Vegas held its own bicycle festival today in addition to building paved trails and dirt trails to go along with its miles and miles of bike lanes as part of its goal of being recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a bicycle-friendly community.

Henderson's bicycle swap meet and bike safety festival was very impressive. As someone who knows about putting on a community bicycle festival, I know the hard work and time it takes to pull one together, so a tip of the bicycle helmet to the city of Henderson in playing an activist and pro-active role to grow bicycling in its city.

  

Bicycling At First Friday In Las Vegas

After work I swung by my first First Friday in the Arts District of Las Vegas and was impressed by the colorful diversity of talent, vendors and energy. David Levy of a local bicycle group set up the bicycle valet and a very cool bike trainer station where two cyclists can race each other by computer.

No Flat Tire Gonna Stop This Bicyclist

Got a flat tire but didn't get down -- especially when you're amid the big ol' red rocks.

A Red Rock Bicycle Morning

The early-morning bicycle ride is never disappointing. Just the opposite -- it's uplifting.