Richard Layman sent me this 3-foot passing campaign ad from New Orleans. There is a similar one asking cyclists to ride with traffic.
On the House floor, Rep. Earl Blumenauer calls attention to the imbalance between the number of bike/ped fatalities and the funding they receive.
An article from worldwatch about how bicycles can save the world.
Manhattan's DA promises to take on unsafe driving
Included in the platform are plans to expand the number of prosecutors in the Vehicular Crimes Unit, promises to support speed cameras throughout the city, and a pledge to host a training summit this fall for law enforcement from across the state.
On the virtues of getting lost.
Admittedly, it was a bit unnerving how few people use this two-mile stretch of the path set off by concrete barriers from Harlem River Drive. There is no exit until the end at Dyckman Street. Alone at high noon, the sun gleaming off the water, I could have sworn I saw things bobbing in the Harlem River. Car tires? Logs? I pedaled faster on the path littered with pieces of gravel and glass.
The Brooklyn, NY IKEA does not want you to bike there (via TheCityFix)
But a “confrontational” Ikea Manager Mike Baker said that a southbound bike lane along Beard and Halleck streets would put cars, buses and bikers on a collision course to the entrance of the big box on Beard Street.
“It seems dangerous to officially encourage bikes to the front of Ikea,” Baker told Community Board 6 on Thursday night.
A tongue in cheek article about the dismay of adding pedestrian zones and bike lanes to the city.
Even worse are the cyclists. Pushy or what? Now they want their own lanes on Jarvis St and University Ave. Who do they think they are? Don’t they understand these are major arterials, places for cars, not bikes? Good thing city council vetoed a proposal that would have put bike lanes on University for a three-month trial period.
Bikes are for kids. They belong on the sidewalk, with all those pedestrians.
A 19-year-old cyclist, riding cross country to raise money for breast cancer research, was hit from behind by an SUV and killed.
He suffered serious head trauma and was taken to University of New Mexico hospital, where he was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon.
"The friends who saw the horrific crash said they are angry at the driver who they said caused it and want the public to learn from what they're calling a careless mistake," reports local Albuquerque ABC affiliate KOAT 7.
“I was standing still on the side of the road and John was riding toward me when I saw the car come riding off the road, onto the apron area, and then he struck John,” Bereskie said.
Bereskie said Anczarski fell from his bike and onto the windshield of the car. The helmet Anczarski was wearing appeared to be pushed back, exposing his head, Bereskie said, and Anczarski seemed to strike his head when he landed on the roadway.
According to Bereskie, “The driver said that he was looking off the side of the road for something involving his granddaughter, and I guess when he was doing that he continued and was off the road and almost hit me and struck John.”
Yet the identity and fate of that driver remain, for now, a mystery. It is unknown whether he has been picked up or charged with any crimes.
Bereskie, said the driver was an older man who lived on the Laguna reservation land, which belongs to the Pueblo Indians. Bereskie also said the driver did not stop immediately after he realized Anczarski had been hit, according to the Standard Speaker.Friends said they question how that driver didn't see him.
"We were wearing yellow jerseys. We had blinking LED lights on our bikes," Bereskie said.
The crash occurred at 1pm
Originally, the accident was being investigated by the Laguna Pueblo Police Department, but because it occurred on tribal lands, it was handed over to the Bureau of Indian affairs. A press release from the bureau was promised on Wednesday but remains forthcoming, according to the Republican Herald.
Two young men in Chicago, drove around drunk, hunting down a cyclist to hit. They hit two different cyclists in the Brookfield area and were caught.
The driver, 20-year-old Erik Fabian, plead guilty to aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident. He was sentenced to two years probation. Fabian’s buddy, Armando Reza, was sentenced last week to 10 days in jail for the same incident.
The city of Vancouver made a video to explain it's two-way cycle track (or separated bike lane, as they call it) (via GGW). I love the use of planters and bike parking as part of the barrier.
San Jose's new trail markers look cool and should be emulated on our trails
And a WSJ Video about biking in SF, and their new separated bike lanes.
WNBR coverage (but maybe not the kind needed).
Two cyclists were temporarily detained by police for infringement of decency but released when their friends circled the police vehicle.
And relatedly, THIS is how you protest the oil spill in the Gulf
I am pledging to replace at least seven short trips each week that I would ordinarily take via car, with a bicycle, and I'm planning to lose weight while I'm at it. I will bike two miles to the train station in the morning to catch my commuter rail to the office. I will bike to meet friends in the park on weekends. I will bike to my local coffee shop. I will equip my bicycle with a basket, so that I can bike to the deli for my gallon of milk and loaf of bread. Seven is a small number, but I have to start somewhere -- no one can go from bench-pressing 45 pounds to 245 overnight.
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