Shek's Footprint » Bikejax http://www.sheksfootprint.com One Guy, Three Bicycles, One World Tue, 10 May 2011 17:05:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 What Is Bikejax? http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/325 http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/325#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:50:28 +0000 Abhishek Mukherjee http://www.sheksfootprint.com/?p=325
“What is Bikejax?” we get asked numerous times at the bike valet. Newbies at the Riverside Arts Market (link) wonder if we are a shop or a club. “Neither” we reply.

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Bikejax started as a blog that talked about bicycling in Jacksonville. It mirrored the likes of BikePortland.org by putting a spyglass on the obscure community of bicyclists. Bikejax caters to a specific community of cyclists though, namely, the utilitarian kind. People on bikes is what we like to call them. They are not ‘Bicycle Lifestylists’ or ‘City cyclists’. There is no hint of consumerism attached to this community of people.
The aim of Bikejax has been to promote bicycles as transportation. Soon after getting tired of bitching about the deplorable conditions of bicycling in Jacksonville, Matt Uhrig decided to ruffle some feathers. The phenomenal success of the night ride (link) was a beginning. Then came the ghost bikes, the MPO meeting participations etc. Only a year after its inception, Bikejax has been on TV, raised awareness on bicyclist deaths through ghost bikes, participated in and organized one of the most fun rides in the history of Jacksonville (link) and finally started and consistently maintained a successful and free Bike Valet service which has few rivals in the entire USA.
The informal saying goes, “Bikejax has achieved more in one year than most formal bicycling clubs have in decades”. Though all these tasks have been possible through the support and dedication of countless volunteers, merchants, City officials and FDOT officials, the one man that needs to be thanked is Matt Uhrig for his idea and perseverance.

“What is Bikejax?” we get asked numerous times at the bike valet. Newbies at the Riverside Arts Market (link) wonder if we are a shop or a club. “Neither” we reply.

Bikejax started as a blog that talked about bicycling in Jacksonville. It mirrored the likes of BikePortland.org by putting a spyglass on the almost invisible community of bicyclists. Bikejax caters to a specific community of cyclists, namely the utilitarian kind. ‘People on bikes’ is what we like to call them. They are not ‘Bicycle Lifestylists’ or ‘City cyclists’. There is no hint of consumerism attached to the definition of this community.

The aim of Bikejax has been to promote bicycles as transportation. Soon after getting tired of bitching about the deplorable conditions of bicycling in Jacksonville, Matt Uhrig decided to ruffle some feathers. The phenomenal success of the night ride (link) was a beginning. Then came the ghost bikes, the MPO meeting participations, Vision 2035 participations etc. Only a year after its inception, Bikejax has been on TV (link)(youtube link), raised awareness on bicyclist deaths through ghost bikes(link)(link), participated in and organized one of the most fun rides in the history of Jacksonville (link)(link)(link) and finally started and consistently maintained a successful and free Bike Valet service (link) which has few rivals in the entire USA.

The informal saying goes, “Bikejax has achieved more in one year than most formal bicycling clubs have in decades”. Though all these tasks have been possible through the support and dedication of countless volunteers, merchants, City officials and FDOT officials, the one man that needs to be thanked is Matt Uhrig for his idea, relentless gumption and perseverance.

]]> http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/325/feed 1 10 Bike-Ped questions for Politicians. (@Bikejax) http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/322 http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/322#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:09:58 +0000 Abhishek Mukherjee http://www.sheksfootprint.com/archives/322 Bikejax is putting together a list of questions to ask the upcoming political candidates. Here is an excerpt from the post:  

What 10 Questions Would You Ask?

written by Bike Jax at Thursday, August 13, 2009

Bike Jax thought it would nice to learn more about where these candidates stand and what their thoughts are when it comes to transportation. We are compiling what we think are the 10 most important questions on the current and future state of transportation for these candidates and thought we should gather your input also.

Read the full post here: http://www.bikejax.org/2009/08/what-10-questions-would-ask.html

These are some of my questions: 

Is there a master plan for bicycles and pedestrians?

Are there intentions to build a master plan for bicycles and pedestrians? Provide specific dates and mission statements.

How do they wish to get to a master plan now that an official committee, BPAC, is dissolved? Will a new committee be appointed? If so, what are their Mission and Vision statements?

Why does it take over 2 hours to get to the beach from southside on a bus? It is under 15 miles away. What are you doing to change that?

How successful is the Kernan Blvd. segregated bike path? Any complaints?

If successful, is there a plan to replicate it on other major roads like Southside, Beach Blvd, Atlantic Blvd, San Jose Blvd, Hendricks, San Pablo etc?

Email Bikejax here with your questions: info@Bikejax.org 

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