Tag: elly blue

April 4, 2011

Bikenomics: Biking is as fast as driving

Many people have tried to calculate the “true” cost of driving, and the resulting numbers can vary dramatically. Before even attempting to add the costs up, one needs to figure what should even be included. How far do you go? Portland Afoot has a great breakdown of how they reached their estimate of $8,390. That’s…
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tagged: bikenomics, elly blue
March 14, 2011

Must read for Viaduct removal skeptics: The economics of highway removal

In a post full to the brim with incredible economic stats, Elly Blue spells out the economic benefits of urban highway removal. Among the incredible bits of knowledge she reveals: “for the $75 million spent repaving three miles of urban interstate, California could have installed 1,250 miles of some of the country’s most expensive bike…
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tagged: alaskan way viaduct, deep bore tunnel, elly blue, grist, highway removal
February 1, 2011

Overcoming the fear of bicycling

Unless you are reading this post on your smart phone while riding down the Burke-Gilman (please don’t do that), you should probably be more afraid of the chair you are sitting in than your bicycle. If bicycling has such clearly demonstrated health benefits, why is fear the biggest deterrent to widespread use? This is the…
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tagged: complete streets, danger, elly blue, health, safety in numbers
January 19, 2011

‘Responsible’ riding means more riding

Elly Blue has written yet another great column for Grist, this time about the concept of biking “responsibly.” Why the quotes? Well, what exactly is the definition of responsible biking? As the “Mutual Responsibility” bill debate pointed out, there are too many variables on our roadways to define what is and is not proper cyclist…
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tagged: elly blue, mutual responsibility
January 7, 2011

A post about …(gulp)… helmets

So far, I have mostly avoided talking about helmet use and helmet laws on this blog. It’s just not an argument I find myself particularly passionate about. But there have been a lot of new, interesting helmet-related arguments flying around recently, so I thought it might be time to discuss it. So here goes… Helmet…
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tagged: copenhagen, copenhagenize, elly blue, helmet laws, helmets, kent’s bike blog
October 13, 2010

‘Safety in Numbers’ should be our loudest bicycle safety cause

The evidence is piling up that the absolute best way to improve bicycle safety is by increasing the number of riders. It’s not helmets, it’s not bike lights. In fact, the new riders don’t even need to be experienced riders. There just needs to be more of them. Elly Blue wrote an excellent column for…
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tagged: elly blue, safety, safety in numbers