States aren't using all of their bike and pedestrian money and pedestrian safety is suffering.
Using Federal Highway Administration records, the report's authors found an average of 1.5 percent of federal transportation spending is focused on pedestrian and bicycle safety, while pedestrians alone account for 11.5 percent of traffic fatalities.
The Post picked up this story as well, and gave more of a local slant.
An average of $1.39 a person was spent on pedestrian and bicycle safety projects in the 52 areas surveyed. The average in Washington was $1.19.
The Post points out that people will outlive their driving age by 5 to 7 years. That's the time to join the Old Spokes, a senior citizen biking club.
The transit strike in Philadelphia is resulting in more biking - up 38% by the count of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. The group is sponsoring a Bike the Strike event. Same think happened in NYC. Speaking of NYC, commuter cycling is up 26% over the last year.
A group wants to bring cicLAvias to L.A.
A bike accident report out of Fort Collins, CO. Wrong way cycling is bad news, and so is drivers who fail to yield (or even yeild). Accidents were up 9.5% over an eight year period. If biking is up there as much as it everywhere else, that isn't too bad. Colorado recently changed some of it's laws to be more in line with DC's, adding the 3 foot passing distance and changing the law so that
Cyclists in Colorado also will be able to ride closer to the center of the road
when riding on the shoulder is too dangerous and ride two abreast when
there is no traffic behind them.
Interested in an apprenticeship in Cargo Framebuilding. Here's the organization for you.
FABB has a chart showing the increase in cycling in NYC over the last 25 years. It's up, way up.
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