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Bicycle ridership is up, at least in New York City, https://grist.org/climate/coronavirus-has-caused-a-bicycling-boom-in-new-york-city/ In San Francisco, the rise in ridership was up after Better Market Street was implemented, https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/03/car-free-market-street-data-san-francisco-bus-bike-scooters/607711/ Vehicle traffic is down, https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/13/coronavirus-pandemic-cratering-road-traffic-these-us-cities/5041250002/ I suspect both…

Growing up, Thanksgiving involved family, food, and repetition. Every year, the family would gather to make various kinds of pasta, "the gravy", and meatballs. We did this from scratch with flour, egg, water, grinding meat,…

Yes, that's right, I have over 1,000 active email addresses. Here's why, how I manage them, and how my system has evolved over the past 17 years. In early 2002, my main email address was…

A good summary of the study from Treehugger: https://www.treehugger.com/bikes/study-finds-e-bike-riders-get-much-exercise-riders-regular-bikes.html The study itself, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259019821930017X E-bikers take longer trips by e-bike and bicycle, compared to cyclists. Physical activity gains from active travel are similar in e-bikers and…

Over the past few years I've become less and less involved in "social media". My twitter, my google plus--now migrated to this blog, my mastodon, and now my linkedin are basically one way feeds from…

Snow leopards are rarely filmed and are on the United Nation Conservation status as Vulnerable. They are elusive and live in high altitudes and number fewer than 10,000. If you are interested in learning more…

"A study of the cognitive and psychological effects of outdoor cycling finds equal results for normal bikes and e-bikes" The full study is here, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211779 Outside magazine has a great review of the research at…

This is an amazing, evidence-based food guide from Canada, https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/. They list their sources, rationale, and basically seem to have ignored the food industry lobbying when writing this document. The full document is available here,…

http://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_522765_en.html Original post: Link Source: University of Glasgow - University news - Cycling to work may cut your risk of premature death by 40%