Port Jervis BMW Ride
I rode the RT from Atlantic Highlands to Port Jervis this last Sunday to experience the last of the fall color. On the way already it became clear that Atlantic Highlands retains the fall colors later into the season than the rest of New Jersey, heading west and then north the leaves had mostly fallen, but there was enough of a color splash here and there to make up for it… I only stopped at times to snap a picture, but the weather was fantastic for late November, and the ride was fun. I’m always torn between trying to join up with the “Jersey Shore BMW Riders”, but...
read moreCould a bicycle sharing program work in New York City?
In the “Eco Wordly” blog this morning a story surfaced that London is planning a major bicycle sharing program similar to the ones in place for other major cities like Paris, Frankfurt, Montreal, Berlin, Stockholm. The Guardian Environment Network writes: Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced this week by the mayor, Boris Johnson. London wants to allow cyclists to pick up one of 6,000 bikes at the 400 docking stations planned for the capital by 2010. more… I know from personal experience and from talking to...
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