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Category Archives: Considerations
Building a Quaint Bicycle Friendly Community
Building up a Bicycle Community requires the following Bicycle Strategy: Safety, Appeal, [and] Convenience to be developed and implemented. But from a logistical perspective these Strategies can be done in a combination of series and/or parallel actions. But bicycle Safety … Continue reading
Future Cupertino Traffic Projections (Including General Plan Data)
The following is an update of the post Future Cupertino Traffic Projections. This analysis focuses upon the number of Cars in the city and projections of car numbers to 2015 (present time) and 2023 (8 years when the current General Plan … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Campus, car growth, cars from outside city, census data, General Plan, housing units, not sustainable, office space
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Davis California is 1st City in U.S. to Install Dutch Designed Protected Bicycle Intersection
The small town of Davis California is a quaint college town where UC Davis is located. For decades bicycles have been one of the primary ways students on a tight budget have gotten around town. So historically bicycles have played … Continue reading
The Reason Bicycles Have No Powerful Advocates
I’ve said in some of my blog posts how energy-efficient, low-cost, non-polluting, very safe, and mechanically simple bicycles fundamentally are. Bicycles are the most Efficient means of Transportation devised by man. They are the panacea for local and intermediate commuting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle, corporate profits, efficient, keeping jobs, low cost, mechanically simple, no polluting, too simple
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Letter to City: Future Growth and Traffic in Cupertino
Letter from me to Cupertino Planning Department 8/9/2015 (with minor corrections): Dear Planners of our City, I do not think our City Government has a firm grasp of the future traffic issues in Cupertino based upon the GPA. Let me … Continue reading
Future Cupertino Traffic Projections
[Note: this article has a followup that include data from the latest General Plan numbers for anticipated growth.] Here are some census data from 1990 to 2010 of adults 18 years and older: 1990: 31,533; 2000: 37,083; 2010: 42,227 When … Continue reading
A Recent Post I made to Nextdoor About Bicycles and Cars
The following was a comment I posted on Nextdoor (you must be a member and log in) regarding the city wasting money on signs for bicycle going the wrong direction and the new green bike lanes. I am a 71 … Continue reading
Smart Growth Is Sustainable Growth
Smart Growth as defined by Wikipedia “is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates compact, transit-oriented, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets, and mixed-use … Continue reading
My Bucket List for Biking and Walking in Cupertino
Here are the things I how to see, do, and experience in Cupertino: Convince the City that Bicycles are a major part of the solution of traffic mitigation and for Sustainable Growth for the City. This is the center theme … Continue reading
Heated Conflict between City Government and Residents
There have recently been a number of contentious and heated discussions between Cupertino residents and City Council involving proposed commercial developments in the General Plan Amendment. The city is concerned that more than 30% of the its sales tax revenues … Continue reading
A City without a Mission
I feel that Cupertino is like a child trying by trial and error to finds its way. It is a city without a Mission, Purpose or Vision. There is no theme by which to guide the city towards the future. … Continue reading
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Tagged no guiding principles, no vision, Smart Growth, sustainable, vision, what is best for the community
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Smart Growth and the Role of Bicycles
I’ve been recently doing some internet research and giving much thought into SMART GROWTH. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_growth presents a great discussion about it. It is a sustainable solution to urban development that counters the negative impact of car-centric urban sprawl. It addresses … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle lanes, car-centric, city growth, Cupertino, dependance upon cars, Housing, jobs, Smart Growth, urban sprawl
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What I Wished the City Would Do – Bicycle Paths
Background: Cupertino is a rather medium small city in the San Francisco Bay Area with a population of about 50,000. It is the home to Apple the most profitable company in the world. The city government has a healthy general … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Considerations, Ideas
Tagged bicycle lanes, Class 4 protected bicycle lanes, safely use
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Perhaps it is Time for a Change
Since its popularity when Henry Ford made the car affordable to most American the nation has rapidly grown and the vast migration to the West was made far easier as traveling long distances became dramatically easier. Urbanization and owning a … Continue reading
Car-Centricity
Away from the major cities where parking is problematic and into cities built around urbanized sprawl exists a car-centric culture where cars are considered the only meaningful way to commute. When car-centric people are asked if they foresee a day … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles invented in 1817, car-centric, cars invented 130 years ago
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Pros and Cons of Cars vs. Bikes
Cars:- Pros: Can travel long distances; Requires little effort to drive; Can be very comfortable to ride; Control of environment for passengers – temperature, noise, smells, sunlight, sounds (music), lighting, shelter from precipitation and wind; Can be used to carry … Continue reading
A Reader’s Concern about Bicycle Subway Safety and the Handicap
In my last post Cities where Cars are not Needed I gave examples of some cities where cars did not play an essential role in the daily commuter lives of citizens. In this article I briefly described the concept of the … Continue reading
Posted in Considerations, Ideas
Tagged bicycle subway, gates, handicap, safety, security, security camera, vulnerable, wheelchair
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Cities where Cars are not Needed
Believe it or not there are a few cities in America where the majority of people do not routinely drive cars. They are among the largest or most densely populated cities. The problem people of these cities encounter is not … Continue reading
The Debate over California’s Proposed Mandatory Helmet Law
“A bill introduced last week by state Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) would extend California’s youth helmet requirement to adults, mandate reflective clothing while biking at night and fine cyclists $25 for not complying.” – Huff Post The debate … Continue reading
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