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State
National
- Austin’s Ambitious Plan to “Cut and Cap” a Downtown Highway
- Foxx: “We’ve Got to Look at Transportation in a Multimodal Fashion”
- Streetfilms Captures Bicycle Rush Hour on Market
- Felt lays off 6, blames industry downturn
- Cheeky recycled bike trophies for hanging things up
International
WTF?? The downtown library has taken out all its bike racks. When I asked what happened to them the guy looked at me with such disdain and contempt I had to actually step backward. And being a lawyer, I am used to being addressed with disdain and contempt.
Anyway he said the would not be replaced and abruptly waved his arm off toward Stone Avenue, where my bike was locked to a sign, and said I could leave my bike out there.
Every person I have told this story to has reacted with total bewilderment. No one can believe the Pima County Public Library Downtown Branch would eliminate all of its bike parking. What were they thinking?
@Erik Ryberg It’s a story I am working on and will have a post soon.
We love records and breaking such, 2013 is shaping up to be a …
FATAL PEDESTRIAN COLLISION EAST GRANT ROAD AND NORTH AVENIDA EL CAPITAN
http://cms3.tucsonaz.gov/files/police/media-releases/Fatal_Pedestrian_Collision_-_Grant_and_El_Capitan.pdf
(media release by TPD, this date)
@Erik Ryberg Empathy on the rudeness of the (county) library employee. The Tucson/Pima County Library has been a silo from the start. Bizarro World. Perhaps if Charles Huckleberry can route his loop thereabouts, there will be proper bike racks.