A Brandon Whyte retrospective

MPO ride 2015: Why is the paint green?

Brandon Whyte, whose presence as multimodal transportation planner for the Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization has been large and constant throughout the lifetime of this blog, will be leaving Cedar Rapids for Mountain View, California, for a new job closer to family. "This job gave me purpose," Brandon said of his time in Cedar Rapids. "Serving you all, trying to improve walking and biking in the metro, is literally what I wanted to do with my life since college--since I learned that this profession was even a possibility." He offers hope for the day when the trail system will "become world-class."

By way of a parting salute, Holy Mountain offers this tour through Brandon Whyte's greatest hits--some of them, anyway--where we have crossed paths in the last eight years.

Bike to Work Week 2014: Early look at New Bohemia development

Bike to Work Week 2015: 1st Ave pit stop

MPO ride 2015: announcing Hoover Trail south of Ely

August 2015: protected bike lane demo,
led to praise for Brandon on strongtowns.org

MPO ride 2016: meet the mountain bike trail at Beverly Park

Bike to Work Week 2016: Mayor Corbett prepares to ride to Kickstand

Bike to Work Week 2017: Collins pit stop

MPO ride 2017: trail crossing at Boyson Road

October 2018: support for Tower Terrace Road ped-bike trail

August 2018: last leg of Cedar Valley Trail opened! 

May 2019: bike rental rollout

An expanding trails system is Brandon's legacy

And who could forget those bus route surveys!

Anyone who enjoys thinking about these issues as much as I do is a friend for sure! And what joy to see the buses rolling again after the shutdown!

So long, my friend. Thank you for all your good work, and good health to you and your family. Say hi to Charles Babbage if you see him!

Computer History Museum, Mountain View CA, July 2014