Comments on: This Is Why I Love: 4th Street

By: RumorsDaily

RumorsDaily — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:13:42 +0000

He does get to be in his air conditioned car with a radio, though. Plus he can have a trunk full of supplies. And he doesn’t arrive at work sweaty and tired.

Both modes of transportation have their benefits.

By: ingipet

ingipet — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:17:35 +0000

I’ve been on a crusade of late to encourage sean bonner to get his online route thing up and going.

Great post Will! I love it! The tortoise and the hare….

4SBB!!!

By: Spencer Cross

Spencer Cross — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:20:59 +0000

via some quick ‘n dirty Googling I found the following webpage (http://www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm) that offers a calcultor that computes "the true cost of driving,"

Ooooh, neato site. Thanks for the link.

By: WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL

WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:36:55 +0000

Mmmmmm Google maps of L.A. bike routes. That would be NICE. But until then I post up my fave routes here at bikely.com.

By: robpoynter

robpoynter — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:11:10 +0000

I am a long-time fan of cycling 4th street. When will there be a google maps that highlights the best bike routes in LA?

By: Annika Barranti

Annika Barranti — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:35:25 +0000

I go for walks on 4th Street all the time and every time I see a cyclist I expect it to be you.

By: Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:46:20 +0000

[...] of Commerce: Bring Back Vehicle Fees to Balance Budget (Daily News) Bike v Car Race on 4th (Metblogs)Gold Line Extension Wouldn’t Be Hard to Build (Times) Pickup Truck Hits, Kills 5-Year Old [...]

By: chezshoes

chezshoes — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:38:36 +0000

I had no idea about 4SBB – and now I have a route to take on my new foldie when visiting friends in the 1st/Vermont area, where there is absolutely no parking and it’s always a logistical nightmare.

By: frazgo

frazgo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:26:18 +0000

I love it when people pic nits. Regardless of how its calculated the bike had very minimal wear/tear costs to tires/tubes and gave you the added benefit of burning off your brekkie and enjoying the sights along the way.

Nice post.

By: WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL

WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:55:22 +0000

Spencer, via some quick 'n dirty Googling I found the following webpage (http://www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm) that offers a calcultor that computes "the true cost of driving," by looking at direct costs-per-mile such as fuel, insurance, depreciation, vehicle maintanence as well as indirect costs like pollution damage, road construction/repair, and congestion. The direct costs work out to about $1 per mile and the indirect add up to $0.43. So basically I arrived at the $3.50-$5 window by multiplying the distance traveled on 4th Street (3.6 miles) by the direct costs ($1 per mile) and then also by the combined direct and indrect costs ($5). If I were doing a fuel-only cost estimate I'd look at the estimated city MPG of the Ford Focus (in this case 24), then divide that into the cost of a gallon of gas ($4.50) and multiply it ($0.1875) by the distance traveled (3.6 miles) to get the total fuel cost of $0.675.