by Bike Courier | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Below is the JCPS response to an Open Records Request re: climate change.Below that is the Request.===30 November 2021“We do not possess any records responsive to your request.”Amanda HerzogAssistant General Counsel, Contract, Insurance & Data SharingJefferson County Public Schools3332 Newburg RoadLouisville, KY 40218===To: Open Records CoordinatorVanHoose Education Center, Room 3213332 Newburg RoadLouisville KY 40218open.records@jefferson.kyschools.us OPEN RECORDS ACT REQUESTPursuant to KRS 61.870 to 61.884 From: JACKIE GREEN1645 Stevens AveLouisville KY 40202 This request is not for commercial purposes. 1) Please provide records showing individually the number of diesel, and gasoline, and electric, and hybrid, andalternative fuel powered school buses owned by JCPS or its related contractors (corporate entities) for the last five year period.2) Please provide records showing the total vehicle fuel purchases in dollars and gallons for each of the past five years by year.3) Please provide any calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions annually from JCPS transportation activities for each of the last five years.4) Please provide records of any air quality investigation or testing performed by or for JCPS showing student exposure to pollution from school buses at any location including waiting for buses, traveling on buses or at bus staging areas.5) Please provide records of JCPS’s surface parking acreage either owned or leased by JCPS.6) Please provide records showing individually the number of vans, SUVs, sedans and trucks owned by...
by Bike Courier | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
A conversation regarding expansive use of EVs as a solution to transportation’s impact on climate resulted in a University of California – Davis and Berkeley professor forwarding her course syllabus reading list for the week studying EVs this spring. She states and asks: “the situation is dire. But how can we achieve the needed changes? …on the ground, not just theoretically. That is the most essential question “. Below is the “How to” answer to her question (modeled to the Louisville KY realities). And below that is her reading list. How to Calm & Reduce Urban Traffic – inexpensively – very quickly – without telling drivers they may not drive…reduce length of bus routes, extend routes only six miles +/- from First and Main, this immediately increases by several fold urban service, suburbs seven plus miles from First and Main are, for the moment, hopelessly car dependent…establish dedicated bus lanes (increases transit frequency and efficiency)….give buses the right of way at urban intersections (puts drivers at a disadvantage) …turn urban one way streets to two way streets (slows traffic)…have urban signals blink yellow or red but never green (elevates caution while decreasing speed)…establish a bus depot/station/square (one city block surrounded by bus stops with a grocery store in the vicinity) with most routes passing one of the four perimeter streets (creates transit hub)…eliminate urban surface parking lots (ground and elevated) by creating excessive fees for lots (result: owners will redevelop space as residential/commercial/park)…eliminate urban street parking (passive discouragement for drivers)…dedicate streets and adjacent 9’ +/- lanes to cyclists and scooters…put bike racks and scooter parking in the street (not the sidewalk)…eliminate the concept...
by Bike Courier | Sep 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Build back better, blah, blah, blah….Net zero by…blah, blah, blah…. Green economy, blah, blah, blah. … Climate neutral, blah, blah, blah. …” To quote a friend, “She cuts right thru the bullshit!”
by Bike Courier | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Electric cars are still cars. They: – require resource extraction, – require manufacturing processes, – require wasteful infrastructure (parking lots & highways), – consume too high a percentage of family budgets, – are powered by coal and fracked gas (laundered like bad money at electrical power stations), – kill and maim people and wildlife, – and ultimately become a huge recycling challenge or contribute to landfills. EVs (cars) are...
by Bike Courier | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Randy Newman had it all wrong. The Bike Couriers Bike Shop has several road bikes 54cm and smaller (only one more 41cm left). Short people have a lot to live for. With the exception of a 56cm tri bike, all of our larger sizes are sold out. Expecting delivery of all sizes in December. For your listening pleasure:...
by Bike Courier | Aug 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Biden wants half the US fleet of cars to be electric by 2030. The policy should be to halve the US fleet of cars. 1) EVs are fueled by coal and fracked gas, 2) EVs still demand massive material input in manufacturing and parking, 3) surface parking lots contribute to urban heat and flooding, 4) EVs encourage sprawling land use, 5) EVs are detrimental to public transit and walkable communities, 6) EV batteries are not benign, 7) EVs eventually are junked, 8) EVs kill people, animals and habitat, 9) EVs drain police, EMS & fire dept resources, 10) EVs are a marketing lie on so many levels.The image below is another example of the lies. This image is from electric bike advertising. These bikes are very heavy. They are not powered by humans, but by electricity generated by mining/drilling/burning coal and fracked...
