Category: Car Blanche
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On community
As mentioned in my last post, I recently attended the first-ever Crossroads Convening. It was remarkable to see what the volunteer leadership team pulled together with little in the way of time or resources, and it was equally remarkable to see the demand for what was on offer – what…
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On “choice” (riders)
Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to attend not one, but two conferences – TCamp and the Crossroads Convening. In addition to talking about freedom at TCamp, Jarrett Walker also briefly discussed the problematic terminology of “captive” transit riders, i.e., those that have no other option but…
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On freedom
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while. Indeed, I’m inspired to every time I see a claim that “bikes give you the freedom cars can’t deliver” (or some such pontificating). While I don’t disagree with the sentiment itself (I must admit I smile to myself when biking…
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On sins
“I fear that there is a deep crack in our union, and I’m not sure I belong here anymore. Maybe the road can convince me otherwise.” This line was in a recent (and affecting) piece I read by a mother chronicling her 2,000-mile road trip up the US East Coast…
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On attention
To keep activity up as my energy dipped with the change of clocks and seasons, I experimented this fall with taking Tulip the folding bike for rides along the National Mall. These rides filled me with gratitude that this light form of exercise served triple duty, not only getting me…
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On critical transportation studies
I recently read a fresh-off-the-press journal article written by a group of scholars from across the world on the “state of the art” in transportation policy research. They first searched more than 8,000 abstracts from three leading transportation policy journals to determine the 20 categories most commonly referenced in the…
Peace and Planning 