Guest Post: Ben Welstead and the New Bicyclist Experience
Spring is coming (or here?), and many are beginning to dig their bicycles out of the garage for the first time in 2015. Others are considering utilizing a bicycle in their …
14th Street Lane: Construction Edition
The construction in downtown Lincoln has been the scourge of all traffic this summer—and not only because it’s made for more frustrated motorists than usual! P Street’s facelift has irked …
The wide world of bicycle riders
When I arrive in Costa Rica I see almost zero bicycles. This is a country whose relative economic and political stability have yet to translate into much bikeable infrastructure. Highways …
Bicyclincoln Board Meeting 2-26-13
Members present: Andrew Pedley, Corey Godfrey, Damon Hershey, Elisabeth Reinkordt, Berly Brown, Ben Swift, Aaron Chambers The board is discussing the possibility of organization membership in the future – …
Downtown Master Plan Update
Notes from the March 20th meeting with Portland-based consultants Cramball Arambula: The timeframe for these updates contains a series of meetings and public forums in May, culminating in a City …
Senate Preparing to Vote on New Transportation Bill
Via bikeleague.org: The Bike Apocalypse (A-bike-alypse?) will not come…yet. We were fearful when the new transportation bill (MAP-21) failed to include any of the funding traditionally made available for pedestrian …
“Build it, and they will come.”
A 6-minute mini-documentary tells the story of how the Dutch acquired their famous network of urban bicycle paths. Sequence of events: 1. Primarily pedestrian and bicycle traffic (early 1900s) 2. …
Grants To Repair Sheridan Bridge Over Rock Island, New Trail
Via the Journal Star Summary: Lincoln received two grants to repair the Sheridan Bridge over the Rock Island Trail and to put in a small, 1.25 mile segment of trail …
LB1030 Hearing Date
LB1030 Hearing date, time and place is set: 1:30pm on Monday, February 6th in room 1113 Mark your calendars! Please come if you can and testify!
LB1030 Now In Committee
LB1030 has been referred to the Transportation & Telecommunications Committee. No hearing date has been announced. Here are the members of that committee, including Lincoln’s own Kathy Campbell. If you’ve …