Category: Opinion
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Washington State’s New Transportation Tax Plan
The Seattle Times reported last week about Washington State’s proposed transportation plan. In the proposal are the typical gas tax hikes and increased car tab fees (more details here). The increased taxes and fees would hopefully raise $10 billion dollars over 5 years to use towards highway improvements (many of which I think are needed).…
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That Feeling
While riding in to work this morning, I passed two other cyclists; a rarity during these colder days. The second commuter that I passed (I’m pretty sure it was his first time out this season) seemed to have an extra bounce in his pedal and even gave me a ding of his bell with the…
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The Joy of Riding
Fall is here for those of us in the northern hemisphere and a lot of us bikers are putting the two wheeled fun machines into the garage for winter. That’s fine. I get it. It’s cold. It’s wet. There isn’t enough sun out and frankly, I don’t blame you. But I’m out there. I’m not…
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Why Cyclists Are Perceived As Annoying
I recently came across this article from Slate. Commuting by bicycle is on the rise which means that car drivers are going to be cursing more people on bicyclists. Or does it? According to a couple of recent studies, bicycle commuters are becoming more tame in their riding habits. Currently, the author of the article is…