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
3 seats Bike for School
Drive Less Challenger of 2010 you may remember that last year I was biking with the twins at school thanks to a bike with front AND rear child seats. Well, now that the twins are 41/2 I had to find another solution: here is the Van of cycling… Of course, the twins LOVE it! This post was submitted by Benoit [...]
More on Day 7: Who is Donkey?
In my last blog post I mentioned that my sojourn took me past the pasture where my good friend Donkey lives. Lest you think I am making this up, here’s a picture. Donkey lives in Palo Alto and was the inspiration and model behind “Donkey” in Pixar’s Shrek animated features. The bike/pedestrian path through Palo Alto runs by his home. [...]
Challenge Day 7: A week in review
Well, it’s been a busy week. Most of my business is in the Los Altos area, so I thought with a little conscious determination i might be able to leave the car at home for some of the errands I typically run. Today I decided to link several tasks together. 1) Recycle a collection of ink cartridges by dropping them [...]
Clipper Card to the Movies
It was time for a get-out-of-town break. With Clipper Cards in hand, my wife and I hopped on the Caltrain then caught the Muni #22. After a pause for an amazing coffee at Four Barrel on Valencia we reboarded the bus (no additional fare – still within 90 minutes of original boarding)and caught an SF Film Festival movie in Japantown. [...]
Watch it!!!!
How safe are bikes in Palo Alto? When your children set off, what dangers do they face? OK. So say you’re on your bicycle, off to pick up stuff for dinner and the New York Times. It’s 10 a.m. You’re coming down Kingsley. A car is stopped on your right at Cowper and you’re on the through street. Once you’re [...]
