April 22 to May 5, 2012 - Bike, walk, carpool, transit – drive less, have fun, and save the planet
Burlingame, Cupertino, East Palo Alto, Los Altos/Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Morgan Hill, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Carlos, Sunnyvale
Full bike racks at Laurel School
Laurel School in Menlo Park kicked off the one-week-long “Laurel Drive Less Challenge” with green ribbons for all kids who walked, biked, carpooled, or took the bus to school Friday. Over 240 ribbons were given out and a good time was had by all! photo by kiwipainter This post was submitted by Leah Strichartz (leah@patrick.net).
Formerly a serious cyclist
OK, I still bike to work every day, bike for many errands, bike tour for vacations etc. But I’m trying to lighten up a little with my newest bike. Imagine the laughter when I pulled arrived at my daughter’s high school on this instead of an SUV like most parents. Free ‘plans’ for building your own are at Instructables.com (look [...]
Used bikes for sale at Los Altos High Sat. 4/30
There’s a used sports gear sale going on at Los Altos High School, 201 Almond Ave. Today, Sat. 4/30. I saw about 10 bikes for sale, including some for just $20. I donated my terrific used bike (step through frame, hybrid, 21 speed with basket on front and fun bell). They priced it at $80 but you might even get [...]
Palo Alto to San Jose
Today’s trip was from Palo Alto to San Jose to see the Earth Day activities in San Jose. I decided to ride my bike down there to explore the Bay trail and the Guadalupe trail, two trails I have been wanting to find out more about. I also included a brief stop at work and a shopping trip on the [...]
5 days!
Today, I logged the fifth trip in a row to work on my bike. I went home at noon on Tuesday to grab my car for an afternoon appointment in a nearby city. But this is the first time I’ve ever biked in to work every morning for a week, and I have Drive Less Challenge to thank for it! [...]
