Maillot Jaune: No surprise, a Republican Congress would not prioritize bike paths.
[House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.)] also said Republicans would focus on ...ending ..the building of bike paths, which he considers “nice, but certainly shouldn’t be the priority."
Podium: Zombies+Bicycles=Awesome
Podium: Kids in Brookline, MA successfully advocate for a fine for blocking the bike lane. (tip Michael H)
Maillot Vert: Richard Layman blogs about neighborhood based bike planning, and road diets.
Maillot a Pois Rouge: In 2001, a cyclist in New Jersey hit a two-foot wide "depression" and fell off her bike. The fall resulted in a massive head injury (she was wearing a helmet) and her death and now her husband is suing the county - which had inspected the road just five weeks prior - for creating a hazardous situation. The case has been dismissed and reinstated, and is still being fought.
Maillot Blanc: The War on Drivers comes to Seattle.
Lanterne Rouge: This:
With the road diets, it should be noted that the FHWA study Richard cited had considerably different scenarios involved. The 19% crash reduction in CA/WA was primarily on "road diets" that were in urban/suburban areas, while the 47% reduction in Iowa was primarily on state highways passing through rural towns (only one of the Iowa examples included bike lanes).
Posted by: Froggie | August 29, 2010 at 10:40 AM
It doesn't sound like Cantor would make bike path funding one of the central issues of a Republican Congress. This could be an area where people like Ray La Hood could sway any future congressional leadership. After all, La Hood is also a Republican at the same time that he is probably the biggest and most influential advocate of bike infrastructure in the country today.
Posted by: Michael H. | August 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM