The Blasphemous Bicycler

This is old news, but I haven’t been paying attention, so it’s new news for me.

Carlisle is getting some new bike lanes next year!

Evidently, the borough government decided that having a pair of four-lane highways running right through the downtown was not such a good idea. So they’re implementing a “road diet” which includes the cycle lanes.

This is what it looks like now:

This is what it’ll look like when the project is done:

Nice, right?

There’s a bunch of PDF files explaining the whole project on the borough website.

Incidentally, there’s a guy running for Mayor of Harrisburg who has as part of his platform:

“Eliminate the six lane, divided highway called Front and Second”

Maybe there’s hope for the same kind of “road diet” treatment in downtown Harrisburg.

If you even think about taking his wool blankie, he’ll scratch your fucking eyes out.

If people can be civil war reenactors, I want to re-enact this guy.

My hat is in the mail, the breeches just arrived from ebay, and I see (via 5toedsloth) that a suitable mount is now available.

All I need is a Calabash pipe, and I’ll be all set.

Oh, anyone know where I can get some size 15 wool knee socks?

Today: 10 miles
May: 124 miles
2008 Utility Miles: 182
2008 Total Miles: 272 miles

I decided to get up early this morning so I’d have time to take some pictures on my commute.
Unfortunately, I didn’t factor into my calculations that getting up early means commuting in the dark, so my pictures didn’t turn out very well.

This is the best one, and it pretty much sucks.

I took this picture about 100 yards from my office. I like to stop on this bridge to cool off. On nicer days, there’s a decent view of the city from here. (You’ll probably have to click the big version to see it.)

Today: 10 miles
January: 52 miles
2008: 52 miles