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The “Get The F#ck Out of My Way” Attitude 10

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BMW SUV – Courtesy of Curtis Perry A few days ago, an article was posted by a bicyclist into the Craigslist “rants and raves” section. The poster highlighted a road rage incident in which an angry driver in a blue BMW SUV screamed and honked at the bicyclist to get out of the way, in ...

Quick Update From China 1

Quick Update From China
James’ fixed gear bike in China – Photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country Wow. It has been an inexcusable amount of time since I last wrote an article on here. For the past two and a half months I have been living overseas in the southern most part of China (Hainan Island). I ...

Slow Down – Other People Make Mistakes 3

Slow Down – Other People Make Mistakes
Speed ad – Mistakes – Screenshot from YouTube video  Here is a very powerful video highlighting the virtue of driving cautiously and slowing down in anticipation of somebody else making a mistake: When you are behind the wheel of a car, please know that you are in a killing machine, and your actions can negatively ...

Too Cold To Take Public Transit 90

Too Cold To Take Public Transit
The last two days have seen immensely frigid temperatures here in Toronto. I have still been using my bike on a daily basis throughout the winter, but Tuesday proved exceptionally cold when a friend and I pedaled a few kilometres to a computer store that evening. This was a rare occasion in which I was ...

When Highways Are Art

When Highways Are Art
Edmonton highway photo by James Schwartz / The Urban Country Massive highways and bridges are often ugly structures; normally the furthest thing from art. On a recent flight home from an Edmonton business trip, the highways were lit up and the reflection of the street lights blurred from the snow looked almost magical out of ...

Should Distracted Bicycling Be Banned? Umm, No. 4

Should Distracted Bicycling Be Banned? Umm, No.
A bicyclist talking on her cell phone – Photo courtesy of otzberg  The Atlantic City’s Eric Jaffe asks whether distracted bicycling should be banned: “Whether you’re for or against distracted cycling rules — more on that in a moment — you can’t deny that using a cell phone changes the way a person rides a ...

2013 Year End Summary

2013 Year End Summary
Now that 2013 has come to a close, we have taken a look at our blog statistics for the year. It turns out our Urban Bicycling Is For Lazy People was by far the most popular unique article posted in 2013, while the most popular news article on the site was our piece on the ...