Bike Hugger 

While googling for reaction to Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan, I found the Sightline Institute’s blog and posts from their director on living car-free. Highlights include CNN hanging with them for a day and a car free vacation.

Most appealing in Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan is the intention to mainly focus on existing roadways and making them more bike friendly and improving the City’s quality of life. I posted on this topic earlier, after being convinced by the Contested Streets documentary that shows how cities have “focused on the bicycle as a primary transporter and changed their streets and traffic flow to allow for more bikes.”

Also very important is wayfinding for cyclists and I think the goal of increasing “cycling from 2 percent of all trips now, to 12 percent of all trips within 20 years” is achievable.

For more reaction to Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan see

• Slog’s debate
• West Seattle Blog
• Earlier thoughts
• Sightline Institute
• Cascade Commuter

And a follow up piece from the Seattle PI’s Mike Lewis on bicycle-car collisions.

Seattle released their Bicycle Master Plan yesterday and there’s a meeting tonight about it. I’ve got a holiday party to attend and won’t be there, but hope to hear from the attendees. I’ll also post a follow up on the report itself.

Initial Reaction

• The Stranger
• Op/Ed
• C.I.C.L.E
• Treehugger

XJapan_ghostcyclist, by ratsbeyfus.

I was in Vegas earlier this week talking about blogging and podcasting at Web Builder 2.0 and spotted this rattan bike in a display window. The display artist, or someone, carefully and meticulously wrapped an entire bike in rattan. The closer I looked, the more detail I discovered. Also, curiously, the front basket had several bike lights tossed in it. Slot machines are reflected in the display window.