Stuff that works

Stuff that works

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  • Passing 58 cars

    I picked up my kid by bike today, passing 58 cars in the process.

    Video shows a bike-cam perspective of my journey, on a sidewalk, then in the street, and finally in a lovely sidepath.

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  • Bolin Creek Trail is BACK baby!

    A handlebar-cam view of my ride into work, showing the state of Chapel Hill's off-street mobility network 4 months after Tropical Storm Chantal damaged greenways and other facilities. One greenway connection is still impassable (a bridge is out), forcing a terrifying road ride at the start. But we eventually make it to the Bolin Creek Trail (our cross-town connector) and the riding is lovely. You can see temporary and permanent repairs all along the way.

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  • A minute of bliss

    A minute of video clips from my ride to work after the morning school run, taken from my handlebar camera. Scenery changes from greenway around a pond to greenway through a meadow to tree-lined sidepath paralleling a miserably busy multi-lane arterial full of stressed out people (probably) in expensive cars and oversized pickup trucks. I'm intentionally pedalling slowly to prolong my glorious ride.

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  • Reason 11,496 bicycling is better than driving -- stormwater infrastructure edition

    My commute from the school drop-off to work involves a greenway that runs around a stormwater retention pond, then gently winds up a grassy hill. I love everything about it.

    Video shows bicyclist's perspective of a half-lap around a pond on a greenway. There is a water fountain circulating water in the pond, and the pond is surrounded by grassy meadow. There are large evergreen trees strategically located for shade and visual interest. The video ends as the cyclist climbs a gentle hill up towards a highway, which parallels the greenway from that point on.

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  • Bolin Creek Trail at night

    A handlebar-cam perspective of a lovely bike ride home from work after dark on a clear night, mostly via greenway, in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC. Video is played back at 8x speed.

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  • Kid, Bike, Bliss

    My kid had to take a moment to celebrate the joy and freedom of riding a bike on our trip home from school.

    The video shows her riding ahead of me on a narrow neighborhood lane, standing up to pedal to gain speed, and then whooping for joy as she sits down and kicks her legs out into the air.

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  • The Chapel Hill biking situation is getting lovelier every day

    I had to run an errand across town after dropping my kid off at camp, and I'm so glad I did it by bike. This video shows clips from my bike camera during my trip, highlighting some of my favorite bits of cycling infrastructure in and around Chapel Hill (plus one bit I really don't like, but even it wasn't bad this time). Here's the route I followed: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2347601

    I've stabilized the video as best as I can, but it still has a few shaky sections, so I recommend not watching in full screen.

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  • Getting to school without cars

    There's a quarter-mile section of our school commute where we can pretend cars don't exist.

    Video shows cyclist's view of a misty morning ride along a greenway, following a kid on a red bike with rainbow lights in the wheels.

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About Stuff that works

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Sometimes, small changes can make huge differences in safety and mobility for people outside of cars. This channel showcases some of these small changes, mostly in Chapel Hill, NC.