LSJ Blogs: Boot 'n Scoot

Is there a subway running through Old Town Lansing?

I still heard subway trains as I commuted to work this morning.

How about Smog Out Day?

Today is National Smokeout Day. I stopped smoking cigarettes nine years ago. Can’t say I’ve undone the damage of 10 years of inhaling toxins and carbon dioxide into my body.

Grand Avenue is open!

Woo hoo.

I rode the 14 bus through Grand Avenue by the new Accident Fund site last night for the first time in what seems like forever.

Blogging, biking and busing

On the first one – I suck. I’m sorry.

I’m making a new charge toward posting daily.

On the second one – I suck. My bike has sat in my loft the last three months.

What’s hot in the climate buzz?

I’m a HUGE fan of this planet. And through fate or coincidence I’ve been hit by a climate-consciousness heat wave over the last week.

My flag is at half-mast for a pedestrian and cyclist who lost their lives

Take care of yourselves on these roads as you’re walking, cycling or DRIVING.

Visions of a stolen bike and... revenge

A few months before I went car-free (in the winter) my bike was stolen off my balcony. Yes, someone the police dubbed “Spiderman” scaled up my building to steal my bike.

Victory for a walkable bikeable Lansing

If you’ve been under a rock you don’t know that the Lansing City Council did one of its bravest, smartest and most conscious acts since I moved to this town five years ago – it passed the Complete Streets Ordinance.

Public transit common courtesy

What's a sure-fired path to disappointment? Expectations of others' behavior. 

I drove a car!!

I drove for the first time in about seven months this weekend.

I felt what an addict must feel when tempted with a whiff of their drug.