Good morning
- Bike-bike crash. (scroll down a bit)
- Herndon's Town Council has endorsed a plan to create new bike routes through the town. "Taking a more reserved approach, the council’s motion endorsed adding 17 potential bicycle facilities within the town to Fairfax County’s bicycle transportation plan, but opted not to include them in the town’s master plan. The facilities could include trails; on-road bike lanes; bike-only lanes with a barrier, called a “cycle track;” or “sharrows,” on-road markings that guide cyclists where in the roadway to ride and help alert motorists that there could be bicycle traffic on that road." But alas, support was not unanimous "Councilman Charlie Waddell, noting he is an avid cyclist, advocated removing many of the roadways from the list because of safety concerns." It's OK, as long as you're an avid cyclist.
- This might be overdoing it.
- On second thought, the major national bike advocacy organizations won't pursue unification. Does this mean we get our wedding gifts back?
Somebody managed to get a Bikeshare bike up to 20-25mph?? :)
...when another cyclist slammed into him from behind at about 20 to 25 mph... The guy who caused the accident was ... riding a red rental bike,
Posted by: JDAntos | August 17, 2012 at 09:25 AM
It was either a good sprint or the bottom of a hill... but I think it is feasible.
Posted by: CyclingFool | August 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM
"The guy who caused the accident was a classic fair-weather biker who had no shirt or helmet..."
Yes, because if he had been wearing a shirt and helmet, there's no way this could've happened...
Posted by: MM | August 17, 2012 at 10:32 AM
It would have been nice to give a location for the crash, but who in journalism really ascribes to the 5 w's these days?
Posted by: Kolohe | August 17, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Who bikes without a shirt?
Please put one on--for our sake.
Posted by: Crikey7 | August 17, 2012 at 11:22 AM
The Examiner - trying to rip off "Overheard in DC" from DCist and as usual, completely useless.
Posted by: Dave | August 17, 2012 at 01:16 PM
Were they proposing putting a bike lane on the Dulles Toll Road or something? Joke of an "avid cyclist" if he's opposed to putting on some cycletracks on those roads. I'm going to call myself an avid sport fisherman and then say I think all fishing should cease in the Potomac because people could fall into the river. Oh my!
Posted by: T | August 17, 2012 at 02:00 PM