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PA Outdoor Recreation Plan
Last night, while the Superbowl was on, I read through the 2009-2013 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Note… I’d suggest starting on page 18 and then go back and read the beginning after you’ve read the more interesting content. On page 65, the plan says, “Serious work needs to be done to broaden and strengthen [...]
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McDonald’s? Conservation Landscape Initiative?
I don’t usually go to McDonalds, but I needed a place to write down meeting notes after my meeting at Nescopeck State Park, just north of White Haven, PA. While at the park, I forgot to photograph the snow-shoe announcement and the frozen lake, or even the beautiful park office. The last time I was [...]
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Books I’m reading
A book I recently finished was Green Metropolis. It had some really good perceptions of town planning and how towns mess things up while trying to improve things for pedestrians and bicyclists. Here’s the NY Times book review. Tom Branigan loaned me David Byrne’s book, Bicycle Diaries. I ended up buying a copy anyway. Byrne is [...]
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Tour de la vie
What do you get your brother-in-law who met your sister on a bike ride? Mine gets me waterproof clothing, rear-view helmet mirrors, etc. I got my brother-in-law a membership to Adventure Cycling Association because I think ACA has an awesome mission and succeeds in fulfilling it everyday. From the ACA Website: Our mission is to inspire [...]
Registered for the Bike Summit
I signed up for the League of American Bicyclists Annual Summit, which is March 9-11 in Washington DC. Fortunately, my Congresswoman, Allyson Schwartz, cares about bicycling an healthy communities, and she is very effective as a policy maker. I have really enjoyed serving on the Jenkintown Community Alliance Board with Julie Slavet who manages the [...]
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Trail work on the East Coast Greenway
Yesterday, I helped out the Delaware River City Corporation (DRCC) improve a section of multi-use trail along the river near Pennypack Park. This 1600′ section of gravel pathway is part of the East Coast Greenway, a project that is on it’s way to connecting the whole East Coast from Florida to Maine with a 3000 [...]
Interesting Idea: Bicycle Insurance
I definitely know a few riders without cars, and probably without insurance. Bike Portland discusses options: It’s not an uncommon scenario: You’re riding down the street and are in a collision resulting in a trip to the hospital and a totaled bike. The person driving the car does not have insurance, and may suffer the [...]
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