Family Biking: A cop admonished me for taking the lane
Shannon was doing nothing wrong; but the officer chose to pull her over instead of the driver who passed her.
Shannon was doing nothing wrong; but the officer chose to pull her over instead of the driver who passed her.
Use your bike to open up a world of affordable outings for you and your little ones.
You can do a lot more by bicycle than you might originally think.
Just because a school is closed, it doesn’t mean their playground should be.
A simple question that can help reframe those pesky excuses.
It’s been two years since our family embarked on this biking life adventure. I’m savoring the joy, happy memories, and growth that biking has brought into our lives. I’m smiling at the photos of our first early, nervous, excited rides around town. And to my husband, I’m adding a wink and a happy jab of … Read more
Family biking columnist Shannon Johnson has had to make some hard decisions to reduce her family’s car dependency.
I never thought biking could actually be the mobility solution to one of our big family’s real mobility problems: too many kids for our minivan.
Even today, I am struggling to root out some of these deeply entrenched car-biased behaviors and ways of thinking, even where I can see their dangers and negative consequences.
Seeing holiday lights while nestled up snugly in the box of a cargo bike is sure to be a lasting memory.
It’s a road we would never have used for biking or walking and always avoided.
Fresh starts may be easier in the spring, but we need to restart biking now – rain and chill and dark included.