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Author Archives: Frank Geefay
Why Should We Tolerate Even One Bicycle-Car Accident?
Would you consider it tolerable if even one bicycle-car accident occurred a year if it were your child or family member riding that unfortunate bike? So why should we tolerate such accidents for any other member of our community? Why … Continue reading
Letter to City Council: Mobility Element missing from the General Plan – Bicycles as an Alternative to more Cars
Dear Honorable Mayor Rod Sinks and City Council members, As an observer of what has transpired in the General Plan Amendment meetings and workshops it occurs to me that they are mostly about Commercial and Housing elements. There is nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, city council, Community Vision 2040, General Plan, Mobility Element
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Cupertino General Plan – There is no Mobility Element!
The General Plan has as its foundation the Community Vision 2040 which is a guiding set of documents intended to assure that the General Plan remains balanced and contains the various key elements of this Vision. Two of the elements … Continue reading
Taking That First Step
The most import thing about doing anything new is deciding what first to do and taking that first step. It doesn’t have to be large but it is a start that will lead to the next step and so on. … Continue reading
Alleviating Fears that Cars will be Ban from Streets
It occurs to me that some people may be interpreting my intentions expressed in this website to start banning cars from the streets. Nothing could be further from the truth. I know so well that it is unrealistic to ban … Continue reading
Evolution into the Bicycle Community of the Future
In the community of the distant future people will primarily do most of their shopping in the community where they live or online. Shopping centers that exist in our rural culture will be largely a thing of the past as … Continue reading
Bicycle Subway of the Future
I have a vision of a Bicycle Subway of the distant future where subway tunnels run underground throughout the city with exist at convenient locations. These subways will have mechanized ramps of the future which aid bicycles up to the … Continue reading
Growth Projection
Currently Apple is building their new space ship campus expected to employ 13,000 employees. This may bring as many as 8,000-10,000 more cars on the streets of Cupertino in the next 2-3 years once the campus is open. The General … Continue reading
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Strategies to Increase the Level of Bicycling in Communities
A list of suggested things that could entice people to bike more.
Sustainable Growth
Sustainable Growth implies that the City can grow into the foreseeable future without suffering the previous Consequences of Growth which have been defined as: Traffic Congestion; Car accidents between bicyclists and pedestrians; Overcrowded schools. By removing cars from the equation … Continue reading
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Tagged compact housing, contominium, dense housing, narrow streets of the future, no parking spaces
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Think BIG, Ask BIG, Be Convinced
So often we undersell ourselves by thinking too small and only asking for small amounts of resources or money giving those on the giving end the impression that what you ask is insignificant. Management is generally stingy and will generally … Continue reading
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The Hardest People to Convince
History is full of examples of People with new ides running up against opposition. Surprisingly it is the Experts of the time who are the most difficult to make a Paradigm shift to a new way of thinking. Experts have … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive, bicycling, casual bicyclists, convenient, hard to convince, paradigm shift, safe
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Close Off Bubb And McClellan during Peak School Traffic
Why not close off Bubb Rd. from Rainbow Dr. to McClellan Rd. and McClellan Rd to just before Orange Ave. from let us say 8:00am to 8:30am and arrange with all schools in that area to start classes at 8:30am. … Continue reading
Bicycles and Shopping
I have already commented upon Mixed Usage – Housing Mixed with Small Businesses. I’d like to elaborate. In a bicycle culture shopping needs to be dispersed and decentralized to make it more convenient for neighborhood shopping regarding daily or frequently shopped … Continue reading
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Biking for All Seasons
Cupertino is located in an area of Mediterranean climate. It has a short rainy season from November through February and our rain is comparatively light relative to much of the rest of the country. It rarely snows, perhaps once every … Continue reading
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Bicycles of all Flavors
Bicycles come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and configurations. There are bicycles and tricycles which can carry several people. Some of these utilitarian tricycles are referred to as cycle trucks or cargo bikes since they are designed to carry cargo. … Continue reading
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Public Transportation
In order for a bicycle culture to work without cars there must be a decent public transportation backbone for commuting over longer distances. Extensive buses to neighborhood streets are not necessary around a bike culture because bikes can easily travel … Continue reading
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Union Pacific Railroad Trail for Bicycling and Walking
There is an unofficial trail along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks that is used by bikers and walkers daily. People have been using this trail for more than 4 decades. The Union Pacific has never band people from bike riding … Continue reading
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Mixed Usage – Housing Mixed with Small Businesses
Mixed usage is good for the community and biking if done correctly. The idea is to bring shopping closer to the community rather than centralizing it and placing it in a shopping mall development where everyone must drive to shop. … Continue reading
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Why shouldn’t the City have a Road Map into the Future?
The City of Cupertino is embarking on two major projects, the Stevens Creek Corridor and a New Civic Center. I know the New Civic Center will cost upwards of $52 million and from the size of the Stevens Creek Corridor … Continue reading
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Biking Cupertino 