Roanoke County is soliciting feedback on proposals for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Starkey and Ogden Roads adjacent to Tanglewood Mall. The Tanglewood Mall area has a long-term plan to be redeveloped as 419 Town Center, which includes improving the bicycle and pedestrian access and experience in the surrounding area. There’s no sugar coating that…

This is a review of the RockStar Gravel Route, which I rode with two other people in late October. We took four days and camped three nights while covering a total of 267.25 miles and 26,503 feet of climbing during the entire trip. The Rockstar gravel route itself is somewhat shorter, but our trip included…

The City of Roanoke was awarded a $480,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant from the United States Department of Transportation. With a 20% match, the city will have $600,000 to create an Action Plan to dramatically reduce traffic deaths in the city. The counties of Roanoke and Botetourt also received a grant. The…

I wrote a letter to the editor that was published by the Roanoke Times on February 23, 2023. You can find the published letter here: https://roanoke.com/opinion/letters/letter-williamson-road-safety-opponents-struggle-with-facts/article_2a5421e6-b232-11ed-8d41-7fec6305fd48.html This letter began by reviewing the letter to the editor referenced in my letter. I annotated their points and arguments and then wrote my letter based on the citations…

Transit Equity Day is a day to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change. It is held each year on February 4th to celebrate Rosa Parks’ birthday and her choice to pursue civil rights through the tactic of refusing to give up her seat on the bus. This…

Yes, we need bike lanes. We also need to improve safety for everyone on our roadways. We should not let our feelings towards how people get around get in the way of creating a safer Roanoke for all of its residents and visitors. I wrote a letter to the editor that was published by the…

Even if congestion occurs, the lives saved by a safer design are worth a few seconds of delay. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Tanger will survive congestion, the people killed on Williamson Road will never get more time. I wrote a letter to the editor that was published by the Roanoke Times on August 12, 2022.…

The Roanoke River Greenway runs about 8 miles from Vic Thomas Park to Fallon Park. Along the way it passes six full-service grocery stores with fresh fruit and vegetables. The trip to the grocery store is a great trip for biking. From the greenway, each store is less than a mile away with the furthest…