To my way of thinking, Savannah’s lanes are one of the most ingenious components of Gen. James Oglethorpe’s city plan. I’m thankful that they were replicated in my 20th century neighborhood. Lanes — or alleys are as they are called most everywhere else — aren’t very glamorous but they fill a number of important roles. […]

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The Savannah Bike Cooperative is looking for help preparing its space for a planned opening early next year. The group needs building supplies and people to lend a hand on Dec. 15, beginning at 2 p.m. The co-op is located at the corner of 39th and East Broad streets.
The co-op has a mission statement […]

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In his comment posted yesterday, Mike describes a major headache for citizens who operate their bicycles on Savannah’s streets:
“One real problem is the amount of debris on the streets outside of residential neighborhoods. I’m plagued by flat tires even with Kevlar tires and ooze lined tubes. If the city could run a streetsweeper on main […]

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On his Coastal Sense blog, Clint Murphy links to a front page story from yesterday’s New York Times that reports nations that are currently exporting oil will soon be importing it. Among them is Mexico, the No. 2 exporter of oil to the United States.
“It is a very serious threat that a lot of major […]

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If you live in Coastal Georgia and you’re interested in taking a train to Atlanta, you can do it. That is if you don’t mind traveling about 400-500 miles out of the way to change trains in Selma, North Carolina. But that could change.
Thanks to Neill Herring for pointing out a story in today’s Clayton […]

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