Friday Morning Commute - Gateway Drugs and Tissue Thin Leotards

Good morning

• GGW endorses former Bicycle Advisory Council member Jacque Patterson for Ward 8 CM. As did the Post.
• LAB interviews Matt Wittmer, author of “Where to Bike DC.” I have a copy of this book that I got at Interbike, but like everything Interbike, I haven't blogged about it yet. 
• One advantage of offering the homeless access to CaBi instead of transit "the Bikeshare memberships -- which DDOT is offering the nonprofit at a discount -- are much cheaper, saving the nonprofit about $7,000." The idea, it turns out, came from a homeless participant. And CaBi is doing more to encourage the needy to use the service - including offering monthly fees instead of annual.
• Senator Cardin of Maryland was honored yesterday at the Bike Summit. "Senator Cardin’s leadership was instrumental in crafting a creative solution to maintain funding for Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to Schools in the Senate’s transportation bill and to ensure that cities and counties continue to have a voice in how federal dollars are spent on these important programs."
• Pump track as bicycling gateway drug. 
• NYU just expanded it's bike fleet, but it should be focused on getting the city-wide bike sharing on campus.
• Bike shop for the famous."Lady Gaga has been to the store, and true to form, Mr. McCorkell did not know who she was — even though she was dressed in little more than spike heels and a tissue-thin leotard." Same outfit I commute in actually.
  
  • The relationship between film stars and bicycling has been well established. Steven Rea, author of “Hollywood Rides a Bike: Cycling with the Stars” said that in the 1940s and 1950s, movie studios “essentially had bike-share programs up and running that would make Toronto or Paris envious.” He said workers used bicycles to “wheel from one side of the lot to another, from dressing room to cafeteria to soundstage.” He said many actors also cycled between takes, like Jimmy Stewart, who took breaks from filming “Rear Window” on a bike.
• One way to be seen.
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Comments

[Richard Layman]

Actually providing bikes at a low cost on a semester basis, including a lock and helmet, is much cheaper for a college than participating in "traditional" bike sharing.

- free example, http://northcentralcollege.edu/x53067.xml

- cost example, http://www.recreation.ucla.edu/insidepage.aspx?uid=f960c0ee-80b8-4ff2-850e-d88265bbb65e

[washcycle]

But, how does ridership differ?