Bicycles
I have a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning/Natural Resources Planning and have been working in the planning, government, and nonprofit fields since 1992. I have been a bicycle commuter since 1993. I am available to write bicycle plans, to teach bicycle safety/mechanics, or to consult on issues relating to bicycles, transportation demand management (TDM), or alternative transportation. If you would like more information or to discuss hiring me, send an email to mbigmistake AT gmail.com (replace AT with @ before sending your email)
I write a regular web column at Dane101 about bicycling entitled BIY, Bike-It-Yourself. Read archives here.
I write a regular web column at Dane101 about bicycling entitled BIY, Bike-It-Yourself. Read archives here.
Calendar of public meetings and events significant to pedestrians and bicyclists in Madison, WI area:
City of Madison Meeting Agendas and Minutes
City of Madison Notices of Additional Meetings
City of Madison legislative Information
Wisconsin DOT state highway hearing notices
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in the Hills
When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart. ~Diane Ackerman