Dear Urban Cyclists: Go play in the traffic.
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Two news items from the Cascade Bicycle Club on Friday.
David Hiller, the advocacy director for the 13,000-member bike club, reported from the State Capitol in Olympia that the Senate's version of the Vulnerable Users bill (SB 5326) passed the House by a vote of 61-32.
That means legislators still need to hash out any differences that might have cropped up between the versions passed by the Senate and House before it's voted on one last time. Then it goes to Gov. Gregoire …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/01/washington-bicycling-news-vulnerable-user-bill-progresses-cascade-announces-election-results/
Usually the bicycling scenes that blow me away are the photos of a tiny speck of a touring bicyclist dwarfed against an awesome landscape.
But these simple pen and ink drawings created by Englishman Frank Patterson tell a truer story for most cyclists and maybe get more to the simple pleasures of bicycling.
They just show a person with a bicycle enjoying the time and place.
As you can probably tell from the outfits worn by the bicyclists, these drawings of bicycling and the English countryside date from the period before World War II. They've been assembled by Molly Sanders into a YouTube slideshow …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/04/01/simple-bicycling-scenes-from-the-english-countryside/
An Arizona man riding in the Bike Florida event was struck and killed by a motorist on Wednesday, the fifth day of the week-long bicycle tour around central Florida.
Police identified the man as Robert Paul King, 65, of Prescott, Arizona. The collision occurred as some 1,000 bicyclists were finishing the day's ride from High Springs to Newberry.
King was bicycling eastbound on the shoulder of Newberry Road. According to a Florida Highway Patrol ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/31/bicyclist-struck-and-killed-by-motorist-in-bike-florida-event/
Participant in Bike Florida event
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/31/cyclist-died-in-newberry-florida/
By law, bicyclists in the 81,000-population town of Edmond, Oklahoma, will get a little breathing room from passing cars beginning next month.
The City Council approved a change in the local bicycle ordinance that requires motorists to give bicyclists at least 3 feet of space when passing. Failure to do so, can bring a $500 fine.
While 16 states currently have a 3-foot-passing rule for motorists overtaking bicyclists, it's rare for a city to enact such a law. Boise, Idaho, is the only other city I've heard of that has enacted such a law. …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/30/3-foot-passing-roundup-city-in-oklahoma-ratifies-it-ok-ks-bills-still-alive/
Crews are dodging the recent rainy weather to complete the second phase of the Lake Washington Trail – South Lake Connector, also known as the Sam Chastain Trail, in Renton.
The trail runs for less than a mile just west of Logan Avenue North and will complete a connection between a bike lane that runs along road to Coulon Park on the north and the Cedar River Trail in the south (see map below).
As they near completion, workers are installing castings in the bike path that will call attention to the proximity of the local airfield and Boeing's history in the area, as well as the connection between flight and bicycling.
At left, you can make out the message embedded across the trail …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/29/history-of-flight-remembered-in-new-renton-bike-trail/
Last week I wrote a post about Robert Okerblom's current cross-country bicycle tour to draw attention to the hazards of texting and driving.
His grief spurred him to action after his son was killed while riding a bicycle by a texting driver in California in 2009.
The tragedy is getting a lot of attention. Today I learned that the story of 19-year-old Eric Okerblom has been posted on “Faces of Distracted Driving,” a US Department of Transportation website designed to show the cost in human lives and suffering. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/28/cross-country-bicyclists-son-remembered-in-faces-of-distracted-driving-video/
Three cyclists plan to turn their cycling holiday in Japan into a bicycle tour to raise money to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
Bicycles already have played a part in helping people escape the tsunami (here and here) and get to and from work in a country reeling from the effects of a 9.0 earthquake on March 10.
Soon, these three will use their bicycles to raise money for a couple of charities offering help to that country.
The three cyclists, Andrew Marsten, Scott Keenan (in video), Dylan Gunning originally wanted to bicycle in Japan to help quench their thirst for adventure ….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/27/3-riding-bikes-length-of-japan-for-tsunami-relief/
South Lake Connector on Lake Washington Trail.. Phase II is nearing completion
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2011/03/26/sam-chastain-trail/
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