We’ll start
with the auto industry fighting back against the increasing use of
bicycles. Check out this attempt by Long Island City Hyundai to
convince that guys on bikes can’t get girls.
The comments are also fun.
But the
bicycle still has some adherents, as shown in this Daily Mail article
about a 40-foot tall Christmas tree of bicycles in China.
Not to
forget our pedestrian friends, John Metcalfe of Atlantic Cities offers
his thoughts on a German invention, a “decelerator helmet” that stores images
of the outside world and plays them back at a reduced rate to the person inside
the helmet. Which seems like a good way
to see a curb in fine clarity several seconds after tripping over it. Some inventions seem like ideas in search of
a problem. The decelerator helmet
appears to be one. Although perhaps a
homeplate umpire could use one for ball-strike calls.
Switching
over to transit, Kaid Benfield of the National Resources Defense Council presents videos that show the daily pattern of
transit trips in several metropolitan areas.
The patterns are hypnotic.
However, please note that the San Francisco model includes only Muni and
BART. The North Bay isn’t quite the
transit vacuum that the video makes us appear.
Golden Gate Bus, Marin Transit, Sonoma Transit, and other local
providers may not make the North Bay a transit-rich environment, but at least
we’re not a black void.
We’ll finish
up with another transit link. Jay-Z
recently used transit to move between shows.
While on a subway, he had to explain who he was to a rider who sensed he
was famous, but couldn’t place the face.
Gawker provides the endearing video.
Be safe on
New Year’s Eve. And if you can use, use
transit, bicycle, or foot before and after your parties.
As always,
your questions or comments will be appreciated.
Please comment below or email me.
And thanks for reading. - Dave Alden (davealden53@comcast.net)
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