[Dayton Crites]

Typo warning: Page six: ‘desing for the aging’… might want to fix that.  

Looks good otherwise.  I’m a MLA student working on creating portfolios to apply to internships, so it’s good to see other good examples. 

[Dayton Crites]

Landplanner, please save your gushing negativity for the threads more suited for it.
It would be better if you were honest, rather than negative – that you’ve looked into X many firms, in Y many areas that are not hiring at all, or are not hiring unless you have A, B, and C skills.

That sort of problematic, honest and straightforward review might be helpful (again, on other discussions) but your sarcastic negativity doesn’t do anything but pull people down.

Likely, those with a lot of success stories are not spending much time on sites like land8lounge, as they are too busy working, designing, and living.

But if they are, I’d still like to hear from them here.

[Dayton Crites]

Many, many thanks to everyone who responded.
@ Jason & Jonathan – thank you for the book recommendations – I’ll be stopping by the library for them this week.

@ Thomas – thanks for putting so much time into your reply. I completely agree with you about many American areas being unsuitable for bike commuting.

Progress is being made, indeed, with firms like Alta playing a major role (I implemented program elements of a master bike plan for Alta for a short time, it’s how I was pointed on the track that I now ride here in Graduate school)

Many of those observations, about hilly areas vs. flat ones, sense of safety, places to lock up have been researched well, and are the key points of any urban cycling advocacy group.

The one thing you should know, though is that there is a tax break for biking to work: http://www.bikeleague.org/news/100708faq.php – It’s not much, but it should cover a few expenses. Different cities also have funding or reimbursements available for bike rack instillation – the business needs to take the initiative and call to request them, in the case of SF, or apply for funding, in the case of Marin county, CA.

@ Andrew… Oh man. That, right there, is a fantastic idea. I’m all excited this morning thinking about how GIS could be used to to look at the basic infrastructure of the city (high and low level goods available in what range), topography, avg. slope of bike lanes, quantity of class 1, 2, and 3 bike lanes, on and on in a matrix, to compare with how much money went into the bike plan, so cities considering implementing or expanding bike plans could see what they’d get back on their dollars.

You all have been a huge help, and I’m only getting started. More to come, and please put down more thoughts on theses and bicycles below, should anyone feel inclined.

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