NolaCycle is a project aimed to create a high quality cycling map of New Orleans. Cycling maps include information beyond just streets and their names that benefits cyclists. In our map, we highlight the pavement quality, car travel speed, lane width, and special caution areas (busy intersections, man-eating potholes, or high accident areas). Volunteers help to collect this data by attending mapping events.
The information is then digitized to make a map of the data we collected to help cyclists - young, old, local, and tourist alike - navigate New Orleans.

Check out the blog for updates on the project, ways to get involved, and volunteer mapping events!

If you have questions, feel free to make a public comment on the blog entry or e-mail us directly at info@nolacycle.com.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

"The New Orleans Bicycle Book" - Only took me like 9 months to find this...

So I finally found the name of that infamous "awesome book about biking in New Orleans that was written in the 70s or 80s." All the people I've talked to about NolaCycle who are over 40 kept telling me "you should really find that book. I can't remember the name or the author though..." Well, I ordered a copy of it today for $8.50 off ebay from some book seller out of Missouri (good things do come out of the Mid-West sometimes). I'm super pumped to get this book in the mail. You can few a little bit of the content online, but only a few pages work. I'm also trying to contact the author, Louis Alvarez (the e-mail address on there doesn't work). If you know how I can get a hold of him, help me out!

Once I get this book, feel free "borrow it" aka, come over to my house and read it. For how rare it is, I don't think I want to risk loosing.

Posted by Lauren at 6:19 PM
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  1. scott eustisJune 6, 2009 at 7:00 PM

    http://littlenemopress.com/page3.aspx

    this book is online. i wonder if we can publish it through google? how do we ask louis alvarez to make it available?

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  2. scott eustisJune 6, 2009 at 7:31 PM

    I meant to say that it costs less than a dollar to make a pdf of a paperback book at UNO. You could also do this easily at kinko;s.

    then the text would be searchable and all the maps available.

    contact me for details.

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  3. Ickie VickieOctober 12, 2023 at 6:58 PM

    Hi nicee reading your post

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