Sunday, September 19, 2010
It’s been 2 weeks now since I started regular car-free life. Most days I bike to the “good” bus stop, two miles away, then take the bus to work, bike in tow. And last Sunday morning, I biked the entire 12 or so miles to the office. And if I need to run an errand [...]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
I’ve had ups and downs the last couple of days, with this project. On Thursday night, Stephanie found ourselves both needing the car. She had a church meeting to attend, and I had tickets to the Durham Bulls game for Miles and myself. I considered taking the bus to the game (Durham’s main bus terminal [...]
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
So far, so good with the Project. No serious snags as of yet. Frankly, I wish I had a little more trouble with this–it would certainly make for more interesting reporting. Going “car-lite” has just been too easy so far. Running on Empty While doing research for this Project, I’ve come across several arguments “against” [...]
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Ever since I started this project, and started biking as my primary mode of transportation, I’ve been waiting for the inevitable–a crash. I know it’s bound to happen eventually. I didn’t expect it to only take nine days though. Let me say right up front: It was a very very minor crash, and I’m completely [...]
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The past couple of days, being the weekend, have been pretty easy on our one-car family. We drove together as we usually would to our usual errands and weekend outings. I did take the car out by myself on Saturday, while Stephanie was doing a little painting and Miles was asleep. I’m in the habit [...]
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So a theme has emerged in the last few days. See if you can spot it. 1. I needed to replace a badly torn rear tire on my bike, so it seemed like a good opportunity to try out the bike racks on the city buses. I found the bus route to the bike shop, [...]
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
I biked to the grocery store, bagel shop, and a couple of used bookstores on Tuesday. It was my first errand run on the bicycle since the Project started. Carried a backpack loaded with the following: toolkit (mini pump, tire levers, patch kit, multitool, 3-way metric wrench), a reading book, wallet, keys, phone, assorted pens [...]
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It’s been a rough few weeks as a two-car family. Our gas costs lately are through the roof. My Subaru has so many mechanical problems that it turns heads, and not in a good way. My wife’s Volvo wagon has entertained us with compounding issues that would make for great tragicomic theater. And with the [...]
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