Slow Factory

My most popular blog entry is about what I call "LUX-NARCISSISM" , i.e. over-lighting a bike and its rider to the detriment of others legally-illuminated, and pedestrians. I have also written...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-invisible-bicycle-helmet-is.html

SEE DIRTY MONEY , PLUS PAGES 12 AND 24 IN THE REPORT AT THIS LINK . SOURCE OF ORIGINAL IMAGE DISCUSSED HERE .

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/05/no-comment.html

The NYMTA and NYCDOT announced on Tuesday that the app., which provides info on where to find Sub Way, is available for download from iTunes and Google Play. Sub Way took a step—or rather a...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/05/sub-way-app-goes-live-ghost-stations.html

I had some hope for Bikes Belong - People for Bikes  is one of their initiatives - when it first appeared. But now - like the LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS - they think that some s...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/05/hugging-like-this-is-not-solidarity.html

League of USAian* Cyclists announced their National Bike Month activities today. Bike Month is in May. WEBSITE includes downloadable PDFs, including the "Bike to Work Commuter's Booklet". T...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/03/oops.html

Hradec Králové means Castle of the Queen, so it is nice that bike in the logo is a semi- step through model. Cycling for transport is popular in the Czech Republic where the conditions a...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2013/01/robotic-bicycle-parking-tower-at-castle.html

ALEX MARSHALL In the August 2012 GOVERNING , which describes itself as "... the nation's leading media platform covering politics, policy and management for state and local government lea...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/08/regional-plan-association-senior-fellow.html

In Autumn 2011 I wrote a short article in conjunction with an invitation to be part of a round table discussion at 3AS JORNADAS DE LA BICICLETA PÚBLICA ,  which took place from 13-16 Octobe...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/07/tandems-for-bike-share-angelica-torera.html

Part Two of Two-Part Series on Velo-city Global in Vancouver. For Part One CLICK HERE . As ECF's annual conference event enters its last day, it seems a good time to ask how "Global" the conf...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-ecf-elite-cyclists-federation.html

Part One of a Two-Part Series on Velo-city Global in Vancouver. For Part Two CLICK HERE . FEAR COMES FOR FREE! SEAN VAN WAES , THE FLEMISH "HEAD HELMETEER" AT VELO-CITY SPONSOR LAZER HELM...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/06/velo-city-ecf-sells-out-to-big-helmet.html

The transition from GREEN IDEA FACTORY to SLOW FACTORY has taken some time...  in part because my main activities and even the core from which they originate always seems to be in flux. So, ...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/04/slow-transition-to-slow-factory.html

"A UNIFIED BICYCLING MOVEMENT Leadership teams representing the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League of American Bicyclists agreed in principle on February 14, 2012, t...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/04/bike-future-dot-org.html

From MOMENTUM MAGAZINE NO. 55 SEE ALSO THESE RELATED ENTRIES ON HELMETS ON THIS BLOG AND PLEASE "LIKE" NO MANDATORY HELMETS AT VELO-CITY GLOBAL 2012 IN VANCOUVER ON FACEBOOK. WOW, MOM ...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-two-heads-are-better-than-one-gets.html

Part Four of this Series, which started with a feature in CYCLING MOBILITY NO. 4 .  For Part One - which gives an overview - click here .  For Part Two -  about immigrant-focused cycle train...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-mayor-doesnt-always-tell-you-about.html

Just uploaded to Streetfilms, a SHORT PIECE on the first "BIKE CORRAL" - NYC DOT calls them "Street Racks" - in NYC (Brooklyn). This is definitely a step in the right direction. Better for ...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-bike-corral-in-nyc.html

Part Three of this Series. PLEASE FIRST READ PART ONE - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORM IN CYCLING MOBILITY ISSUE NO. 4 - WHICH GIVES AN OVERVIEW AND THE CONTEXT FOR THE FOCUS F...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-mayor-doesnt-always-tell-you-about_26.html

Part Two of this Series. For Part One - which gives an overview and the context for the focus on training people of immigrant-background - click here .  For Part Three - about "Pure and Real" ...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-mayor-doesnt-always-tell-you-about_22.html

Part One of this Series. For Part Two - going beyond what was published in Cycling Mobility - focused on cycle training of immigrants to the Netherlands, click HERE . Intro: For the fourth (...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-mayor-doesnt-always-tell-you-about_16.html

OLD SKOOL MESSAGING...? The well-known(?) signage in Queens, NYC, by NYCDOT, 2007. PHOTO by Joe Shlabotnik. Foreword: I lived in NYC from late 1996 until early 2000.  Since Occupy Wall...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-contest-win-hoodie-from-holland.html

To celebrate the CHANGE IN POSITION ON MANDATORY HELMET LAWS from BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE  (BTA), in Oregon, USA, NUTCASE HELMETS  is holding two contests!  As the BTA will st...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/10/everyone-is-wearing-helmet-even-if-they.html

From CAPITAL BIKESHARE in Washington D.C. Helmet imagery everywhere is bad enough, but showing bad fitting is pathetic (and I told them directly and indirectly many times about this photo)....

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-do-we-please-american-god-of-helmet.html

from System Comic . This post inspired by "ROAD RAGE IN HOLLAND?" on Workcycles's Bakfiets-en-Meer blog.

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/07/when-someone-yells-at-you-from-their.html

In EL PUEBLO DE NUESTRA SEÑORA LA REINA DE LOS ÁNGELES DEL RÍO DE PORCIÚNCULA this upcoming weekend is something filling the brains of USA drivers (and their dependants) - with the pos...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/07/carmageddon.html

Last things first. THIS GUY seemed to have written that it was invite-only, but that was probably just cheekiness and then I DID receive a Facebook invite from a CATALONIAN . I did not go a...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/06/skirtgate-what-happens-at-cycle-chic.html

OK, just kidding (sort of). The MAY/JUNE 2011 MOMENTUM magazine features "The Helmet Debate" by Elly Blue (four pages long), as well as two bike helmet buying guides, a separate short helmet ...

http://greenideafactory.blogspot.com/2011/05/ultimate-bike-helmet-related-letter-to.html