Levy would preserve, expand, RVTD routes

Image source: Rogue Valley Transportation District on Facebook

Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) is exploring the first increase to its share of public funding for more than 30 years.

Lifestyle and safety barriers to bicycle use

Writer Mona Chalabi raises an interesting point at FiveThirtyEight.com: lifestyle barriers and road safety are the most significant reasons that more women don’t ride bikes.

Women in bicycle advertising

When we talk about sexualization of women’s bodies (as Eve Andrews does when she urges women to “take back the streets ... two wheels at a time”), we need to hold bicycle parts manufacturers and retailers accountable for their choice of advertising imagery. Are women depicted equally with men as empowered bicycle users, or are they ornaments? Bicycle manufacturers’ and retailers’ attitudes about women as consumers are symptomatic and part of attitudes about women in society as a whole.

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Jackson County SMARTWorks: Mobile water station

“Water on Wheels”: That fresh, clean and mobile drinking water station viewed Friday during Fourth of July in Ashland, Oregon is a service of Jackson County SMARTWorks.

‘Penny in Your Pants,’ for bicycle riding in a skirt

While on the subject of independence ... Check out this “cyclehack,” an idea that solves a barrier to riding a bicycle. “Penny in Your Pants” involves pushing a penny from back to front, through both layers of a skirt, to form a button and then using a rubber band to secure the button in place.

Bear Creek Greenway: Ashland to Phoenix trip

Bridge along the Bear Creek Greenway north of Ashland

Jonathan and I rode our bikes up the Bear Creek Greenway on Saturday, from Ashland to Phoenix, Oregon. The trip represented enormous progress in our efforts to free ourselves from dependence upon driving a car.

Travel survey: 12 percent of households don’t have car

From the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (citing a 2009 National Household Travel Survey), come a variety of statistics about U.S. transportation that may startle and inspire. Among them, one in 12 U.S. households does not own a car and 11.9 percent of all trips in this country were done by walking or bicycling.