My ride up around the D&H in May reminded me of how awesome the dirt roads are in NE Pennsylvania. So that I can plan some rides, I added a gravel overlay. On this, I can draw potential routes that use mostly gravel and get an approximate mileage. Family bike ride to Manayunk Arts Festival […]
Now that Montgomery County has a bike plan, it is up to municipalities in the county to create their own. It’s true that bike plans can be expensive, but they don’t need to cost anything. This morning I was looking at maps that showed a landscape to serve a different demographic in Cheltenham. When I […]
Jenkintown Borough (not necessarily 19046) is a decent place for kids to bike with the exception of Walnut Street and Old York Road. My girls like to do a loop to Alvethorpe Park or to bike to the Glenside Farmers Market on a Saturday morning. Jaimee Fitzpatrick’s family raised $600 to help the Jenkintown Police […]
I’m going to keep this short, but I want to let people know that the Montco PA Bike Plan is now online. It’s significant for a few reasons. The Level of Traffic Stress Analysis is valuable. It creates a model for individual municipalities to follow for doing their own plans. It’s got broad support and […]
A 2009 article from Bicycle Quarterly reviewed the Breezer Finesse, a high performance commuter bike. When JT Burke worked as the brand manager for Breezer back in 2010, he loaned me a Finesse to try out. I don’t buy bikes all that often, but I liked the Finesse so much that I bought the one […]
At a recent Old York Road Historical Society open house, I bought two maps from the 1870’s, one of Montgomery County and one of Pennsylvania. These are from an atlas and more for data. They have a cloth backing. I haven’t looked at them since. While Eileen Koolpe was giving the Munsons and I a […]
Paul Bunting came over to my house the other day to talk about history and to look at maps from philageohistory.org. Paul’s interest in history that has broadened my perspectives. Paul finds something of interest, such as a patent document or book. Then he asks questions that help him understand the context of that document. As a […]
At Be Well Cafe this morning, Sean asked, “Are you going to get out on your bike today?” I replied that I have too much work. I’m designing maps of Chapel Hill and the D&H Trail. But actually, I did bike to the grocery store this morning at 7 am. The morning sun felt pleasant […]
Bike plans make a difference I teach cartography at Temple University. Students bike several miles to get to class and I see professors riding electric bikes. There are ample bike racks outside Gladfelter Hall filled with lots of bikes. When I was in grad school in the early 1990’s, we had two tiny bike racks, […]
Over Memorial Day Weekend 2018, I biked on all the trails in my county. These are my notes and photos.