A Call to Action
Dear Muscle Powered, Over the next couple of days, there are two items of interest to local bicyclists that will be considered at public meetings. [...]
Nevada Complete Streets bill – Good news and bad news
Muscle-Powered-organized ride in Carson City. The Nevada Complete Streets bill may provide funding for improvements such as bike lanes on this street in Carson [...]
Show your support for Bicycle and Pedestrian project on Fifth Street
A message from Patrick Pittenger, Transportation Manager, Carson City Public Works. Carson City Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocates- I am contacting you to request your support [...]
Roop Street Bicycle and Pedestrian Project to Begin
Construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities is about to begin on Roop Street between Winnie Lane and Northridge Drive! Although short, this stretch of road [...]
Bike lane on Colorado
Carson City has striped new bike lanes on Colorado St between Saliman Rd and Roop St, both of which already have bike lanes. The overly [...]
New bikeway design guide
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has published an online guide to modern bicycle facilities, the Urban Bikeway Design Guide. This [...]
Sidewalk improvements on Saliman
The city has nearly finished a project to improve sidewalks along Saliman Road between Seeliger Elementary School and Colorado St. Eleven corners were [...]
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Anne asked that we cross-post the article Confessions of a Recovering Engineer from Strong Towns Blog, an engineer's take on the profession and how we've [...]
A greenway on Nevada St?
Please watch the StreetFilms video on Portland's neighborhood greenways, and think about the applicability and practicability for Carson City. Portland has a grid street system, [...]
No traffic lights?
A fascinating and provocative video from an organization in England, FitRoads, about an experiment which turned off the lights, the traffic signals, and what [...]