NolaCycle Bike Map Project: Street Bucklin' Heat, Y'all

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.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Street Bucklin' Heat, Y'all

From the nola.com feed:
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2010/05/five_kenner_streets_buckle_in_intense_heat.html

one wonders why we pave the GMO with materials that can't withstand the environment and compact the soil.

By Mary Sparacello, The Times-Picayune

May 25, 2010, 5:13PM

At least five locations on Kenner streets have buckled during the hot temperatures of the past four days, City Hall said Tuesday.

The Public Works Department said streets failed at:

-- 1500 38th St. near Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School
-- 661 Mayfair St. in the Holly Heights subdivision
-- 3600 Loyola Drive in University City
-- 3419 Florida Ave. in Greenlawn Terrace
-- 2400 Tifton St. in Veterans Heights.