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Grocery Shopping on a Bicycle
I’ve been doing a lot of athletic cycling recently since the Ride Robins partnership with the Rusty Chains cycling club began earlier in August. But I also use my bicycle to get to work and get our groceries from time to time. Especially now that the hot summer weather is showing some signs of relenting…
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We’d love your event feedback!
Hey, y’all! July and August have been hot and muggy. “Air you can wear,” as the saying goes. Between the weather, summer vacations, and the fact that we haven’t been advertising the events very well… Let’s just say that Ride Robins could be doing a better job of doing the things you want to be…
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Which Houston County Schools are most walkable and bikeable?
Houston County School’s Community Relations department was prompt and professional when I reached out for data regarding student transportation modes. Surprisingly, they do not know the percentage of students that walk, bike, or car ride to school. They did supply this link which shows information regarding transportation by bus. They also stated for the 23-24…
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Road Diet?
It was interesting to see this recent story from Dublin, GA: Dublin tries a new way to reduce speeds: a ‘road diet.’ Here’s what that is While it doesn’t fully capture the neighborhood greenways concept Ride Robins is advocating, it’s much closer than anything under discussion in Houston County. The model of residents engaging to…
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Where to go for our group ride?
Hi y’all! I’m curious where you’d like to go on our group bicycle ride on Saturday, June 15th, so I’ve created a Google Form where you can check the boxes of places you’d like to go. If I missed any good ideas, feel free to type them in the “Other” text box! We’ll likely pick…
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Ride Robins Routes
Ride Robins’ goal is to establish safe for all ages and abilities active transportation routes to meaningful locations throughout the Robins Region. At the outset, these will be informal routes built on folk knowledge and crowdsourcing. Over time, with support from local governments, these routes can be formalized. In a separate article we will explore…
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Bikes, Blessings, and Committee Minutes
Hey y’all! First off, we’re planning for another group ride on Saturday, May 18th at 10:00am at Fountain Park. This bike ride coincides with the city’s Bikes & Blessings event, so we’ll try to make our way to Perkins field. It’s about a three mile ride (route here). Excited to see y’all there, weather permitting!…
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Villages?
The Houston County Joint Comprehensive Plan identifies two ideas to integrate development with neighborhoods. The first, under the subheading “Industrial Areas”, describes “nodes along major corridors”. What nodes, and where? That’s not defined, but the implication is commercial and residential development concentrated around “industrial parks”. That our large work centers should be well-connected to nearby…
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Riding to the International City Experience!
This upcoming Saturday, May 4th, we’ll be riding our bikes from Fountain Park to Perkins Field for the International City Experience. It’s a 3-mile ride on the residential streets between Watson Boulevard and Russell Parkway (link to the route here). There will be food trucks, live performances, and all sorts of things to do once…
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Appointed to a Transportation Committee!
The city council meeting yesterday was quite eventful— the major event that hit the news was that Warner Robins city council decided to revoke CRU Lounge’s liquor license. But, the next item on the agenda was that I was appointed to the Warner Robins Area Transportation Study Citizens Advisory Committee by unanimous decision of city…
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First Group Ride in the Books!
We had our first group ride yesterday! There were two of us in attendance and, after some quick bike checks and a test ride down Wellston Trail, we rode around the future downtown area of Warner Robins. We stopped by Z Beans Coffee on Armed Forces Boulevard for coffee and a scone along the way.…
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Group rides starting soon!
Hey, y’all! The weather is starting to warm up and Spring is on the horizon. We figured we’d get the season started on the right foot by starting up Ride Robins group rides on Saturday mornings! At 10 AM on the first and third Saturday morning of every month, come meet us at the beginning…
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A quick primer on “Urbanist YouTube.”
Hi once again! I’d like to share two of the videos that inspired us to get into bicycle and micromobility advocacy here at Ride Robins. Each video is a little under 20 minutes long. The first is a fairly typical NotJustBikes video, which describes some of the current issues with auto-centric infrastructure in the United…
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Getting started!
Hi y’all! I’m super excited to get things up and running here at Ride Robins. But first, I’d like to share a little backstory! I’ve been commuting to work on my bicycle since the summer began last year. It’s not the first time I’ve commuted by bicycle. I lived in the Atlanta metro back in…
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