Having spent almost my entire professional career in one form or another of public service (government and nonprofit) I have plenty of thoughts on policy, both public policy and the kinds of policy actions and decisions created by businesses, nonprofits, and individuals. Here are just some of them.
- Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Following a Bill (Bike Style, Jan. 12, 2025)
- Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Contacting State Legislators (Bike Style, Jan. 3, 2025)
- Actions You Can Take for Active Transportation: Homework (Bike Style, Dec. 1, 2024)
- We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For: Poems for Activists and Advocates (Aug. 12, 2023)
- Bike Books I Recommend: Policy Edition (Bike Style, July 15, 2023)
- Riding Thoughts: Privilege Is a Tailwind (Bike Style, June 19, 2023)
- How Am I Going to Get There? Why We Need Each Other (Bike Style, Feb. 18, 2023)
- Broken Wrist, Dang It! No Riding for a While (Bike Style, Sept. 24, 2022)
- Walking and rolling into the future together (WSDOT blog, May 4, 2021)
- Lost Year. Lost Future? (July 17, 2021)
- Street of Dreams: Can We Live the Martin Luther King, Jr. Way? (Bike Style, Jan. 20, 2020)
- Transportation Reading Round-up April 5, 2019 (Bike Style, April 5, 2019)
- Transportation Reading Round-up March 4, 2019 (Bike Style, Mar. 4, 2019)
- Give Your Power to Truth: What Story Are You Writing for Your Life? (Bike Style, Nov. 10, 2018)
- Hey (We’re Not All) Guys! Why I Don’t Use “You Guys” (Sept. 28, 2018)
- Event Planning 101: It’s Transportation + Accessibility Information, Not Parking Information (Bike Style Life, Aug. 4, 2018)
- The First Question Is Always WHY? (WSDOT Blog, July 5, 2018)
- Bikeways Aren't Just for Bicyclists (WSDOT Blog, April 9, 2018)
- Slice and Dice Data Rant: Who's Really Number One? (Bike Style Life, Jan. 23, 2018)
- Data Rant Continued: What a Tangled Web (Bike Style Life, Jan. 22, 2018)
- A Bit of a Rant on Data (Bike Style Life, Jan. 21, 2018)
- Travel Takeaways: Policy Ponderings from a Long Bike Tour (Bike Style Life, Oct. 28, 2017)
- Showing Up (Dec. 31, 2016)
- Outdoor Recreation to be Counted in US GDP (Washington Bikes, Dec. 8, 2016)
- Personal Privilege and Biking: It Takes More than a Bike Lane to Start Riding (2016 update) (Bike Style Life, Nov. 19, 2016)
- Five-Year Strategic Plan Priority: Communicate our Purpose (Washington Bikes, Nov. 4, 2016)
- Five-Year Strategic Plan Priority: Increase Ridership Statewide (Washington Bikes, Nov. 3, 2016)
- Five-Year Strategic Plan Priority: Promote Bicycle Friendly Policies and Investments (Washington Bikes, Nov. 2, 2016)
- Five-Year Strategic Plan Priority: Support Election of Bicycle Friendly Candidates (Washington Bikes, Nov. 1, 2016)
- Looking Ahead: Our Five-Year Strategic Plan (Washington Bikes, Oct. 31, 2016)
- John Wayne Pioneer Trail Recap and 2017 Funding Request (Washington Bikes, Oct. 20, 2016)
- Ian Mackay's Journey for Accessibility (Washington Bikes, Aug. 25, 2016)
- John Wayne Pioneer Trail: Comments for Commission Meeting (Washington Bikes July 21, 2016)
- Found it? Ask them to fix it (Cascade Bicycle Club, July 19, 2016)
- We Are Traffic: Court Says Cities Must Maintain Streets for Bicyclists (Washington Bikes July 6, 2016)
- Tell USDOT We All Count #MakeMeCount (Washington Bikes June 23, 2016)
- John Wayne Pioneer Trail: More Chances to Be Heard and to Experience the Trail (Washington Bikes May 3, 2016)
- John Wayne Pioneer Trail: Public Hearings May 10 and 11 (Washington Bikes April 26, 2016)
- Will Your Town Celebrate Bike Month with a Proclamation? (Washington Bikes April 22, 2016)
- Speak Up for the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in Cheney and Ellensburg (Washington Bikes March 7, 2016)
- 2015: A Big Year for Bicycling in Washington State (Washington Bikes Dec. 31, 2015)
- "Click" on Personal Safety and Privilege (Dec. 2015)
- Personal Safety and Privilege: A Vignette (Bike Style Dec. 5, 2015)
- Time for Your Thoughts on Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program--Critical Trail Funding (Washington Bikes Oct. 12, 2015)
- Washingtonians Spoke Up for Biking, Health, and Safety and Governor Inslee Listened (Washington Bikes, July 28, 2015)
- Legislative Bike Ride: That's How We Roll (Washington Bikes November 20, 2014)
- Inclusion (Sept. 15, 2014)
- How I Came to Be a Bike Advocate (Sept. 15, 2014)
- Tell the Washington Legislature: Focus on Safety and Complete Connections (Washington Bikes Sept. 5, 2014)
- We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident: There Is No "Right" to Speedy Travel (Washington Bikes Sept. 2, 2014)
- When I Get Older: Why I'm Counting on a Multimodal System (Washington Bikes July 28, 2014)
- Working for Better Bicycling in North Central Washington (Washington Bikes July 14, 2014)
- Personal Privilege and Biking: It Takes More than a Bike Lane to Start Riding (Washington Bikes June 2, 2014)
- Washington's Great Outdoors: Task Force Meeting June 10 in Spokane (Washington Bikes May 28, 2014)
- Washington's Great Outdoors: Your Chance to Shape the Future (Washington Bikes April 29, 2014)
- 30 Days of Biking, Day 15: Taxes (Washington Bikes April 15, 2014)
- 30 Days of Biking, Day Nine: Outdoors (Washington Bikes April 9, 2014)
- A Great Year Behind, a Great Year Ahead (Washington Bikes Dec. 12, 2013)
- Planning for a Bikeable, Walkable Spokane: Finding a Way Forward Together (Washington Bikes Dec. 10, 2013)
- Time for (More Than) Your Two Cents' Worth--Tell Olympia Washington Bikes! (Washington Bikes Nov. 19, 2013)
- All Kinds of Riders for All Kinds of Reasons (Bicycle Alliance of Washington Nov. 1, 2013)
- What to Tell the State Senate About Bike Transportation (Bicycle Alliance of Washington Sept. 12, 2013)
- Federal Transportation Plans: Looking Ahead, or in the Rearview Mirror? (Bicycle Alliance of Washington Sept. 9, 2013)
- Spokane County Trails Plan: Your Input Needed (Bicycle Alliance of Washington July 15, 2013)
- A Kirkland Mom's Story: Why We MUST Invest in Safer Streets for Stella (Bicycle Alliance of Washington June 28, 2013)
- The Next 24 Hours Are Critical for Bike/Walk Infrastructure (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington June 27, 2013)
- Bicycle Alliance of Washington Remains Committed to Developing a Balanced Transportation Package (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington June 26, 2013)
- Transportation Revenue: Taking Us Backward, Not Forward, Is Not Acceptable (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington June 11, 2013)
- A Down Payment on a Connected Future: Support the Liias Amendment (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington April 19, 2013)
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Passes Washington State Senate 45-2 (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington April 17, 2013)
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Proclaiming National Bicycle Month in [Your Town Here] (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington April 12, 2013)
- Proud to Be a Health Champion! (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington April 5, 2013)
- A Push to the Finish for Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington April 4, 2013)
- 5 Behavior and Culture Hacks to Get More People to Bike and Walk (on Bike Style March 11, 2013)
- Will the State Senate Vote to Slow Traffic in Your Neighborhood (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington March 6, 2013)
- Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: It's Time to Go Get the Transportation Budget We Want (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Feb. 22, 2013)
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill Needs You in the House (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Feb. 16, 201)
- It's Just Common Sense: The Safe Passing Bill (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Feb. 11, 2013)
- Love Bikes? Take Action During Valentine's Week (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Feb. 9, 2013)
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill: Second Gear, Second Committee Hearing (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Jan. 30, 2013)
- Neighborhood Safe Streets Bill: First Gear, First Committee Hearing (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Jan. 24, 2013)
- Nominate Your Top-Priority Bike Project (on Bicycle Alliance of Washington Jan. 24, 2013)
- It's Still Time to Take Action and Contact Congress to Support Funding for Biking and Walking (on Bike Style June 26, 2012)
- Is There Such a Thing as a Lowercase "nazi"? (June 24, 2012)
- We Engineered Our Way into this Mess. Now We Need to Engineer Our Way Out of It. (June 22, 2012)
- When I Get Older: Why I Believe in a Multimodal System and Complete Streets (June 20, 2012)
- Who Really Pays for Streets? We All Do. (June 18, 2012)
- Take Action! Congress Could Cut Bike/Pedestrian Funding (on Bike Style Spokane June 14, 2012)
- The Ultimate Bikespedition: Support the US Bicycle Route System (on Bike Style Spokane May 13, 2012)
- Why Marriage Matters: A Valentine to my Sweetheart and a Thank-You to the Washington Legislature and Governor Gregoire (Feb. 14, 2012)
- Paying It Forward: Why I Vote YES for Kids and Schools (Jan. 29, 2012)
- Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate: Only Love Can Do That (Jan. 16, 2012)
- We Get to Complete Our Streets! (on Bike Style Spokane Dec. 20, 2011)
- My Fan Girl Moment with Mia Birk (on Bike Style Spokane Nov. 13, 2011)
- Don't Settle for Incomplete Streets! (on Bike Style Spokane Nov. 12, 2011)
- Vote for Bikes! (on Bike Style Spokane Nov. 7, 2011)
- Making Soup--Er, Bike Networks (on Bike Style Spokane Oct. 29, 2011)
- The Very Proper Gander: A Fable for our Times (Oct. 21, 2011)
- Sing It Loud, Sing It Proud (July 4, 2011)
- Political Scandal? Just Add -Gate (May 14, 2011)
- Making Soup--er, Bike Networks (Feb. 10, 2011)
- Head, Heart, Hands, and Health (Feb. 6, 2011)
- Political Scrapbook: Elected Officials I Have Known (Feb. 4, 2011)
- Dear National Health Care Reform, (Jan. 31, 2011)
- Who Represents Me? The County Commissioners, That's Who (Jan. 28, 2011)
- Everyday Inclusion: Showing up for a Parade Once a Year Isn't Enough (Jan. 17, 2011)
- If You Really Love Your Neighbor, You'll Eat Local Food (Jan. 14, 2011)
- Representing the Aryans: Political Speech, Violence, and Living Without Fear (Jan. 9, 2011)
- Trends in Books, Bikes, and Real People (Dec. 18, 2010)
- How Bikes Can Save the World (Nov. 21, 2010)
- We Stand United (Oct. 29, 2010)
- Green Is the Color of Money: Growing a Sustainable Local Business Approach (Sept. 20, 2010)
- Getting what You Want a Different Way: Can We Create New Models? (June 9, 2010)
- Why Should Spokane Settle for Incomplete Streets? (April 3, 2010)
- Sweeping Generalizations Are Always False, Mr. Professional Traffic Engineer (March 31, 2010)
- Eating Shoots and Leaves: Real Food, not Bad Grammar (Dec. 31, 2009)
- You'll Save Us, Won't You? My Kids the Idealists (Nov. 29, 2009)
- My Reasons to Vote NO on Spokane's Prop 4: A Really Long Political Discourse, Possibly Verging on a Diatribe, Running into a Rant (Oct. 11, 2009)
- 25 Random Things About Me, in Random Order (Feb. 4, 2009)
- Five Things You Don't Know about Me (Nov. 16, 2008)
- I Miss Live Voting (Nov. 3, 2008)
- Standing Up for What's Right (Oct. 18, 2008)
- Judgment (Oct. 17, 2008)
- Christmas Tree Bills: Good or Bad? (Oct. 5, 2008)
- The Future for Our Parks (Sept. 21, 2008)
- How Much Oil Do We Burn? (Aug. 31, 2008)
