To those who say that laws requiring motorists to give bicycles a 3-foot gap when passing are unenforceable, consider what police in Austin, Texas, are doing.
A few years ago, bicycle advocates in Texas convinced the legislature to pass a 3-foot law for passing bicycles. Gov. Rich Perry vetoed it, becoming the first governor to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/16/how-to-enforce-3-foot-passing-law-to-protect-bicyclists/
Update: Sept. 13, 2013 — Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia require that motorists give bicyclists at least 3 feet of clearance when passing.
Bicycle advocates in California are waiting for Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. to make their state No. 22.
The state legislature passed a 3-foot law (AB 1371) in August. The bill is sitting on Gov. Brown’s desk awaiting his signature.
This is the third time that a 3-foot passing bill …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/13/20-states-require-motorists-give-3-feet-or-more-when-passing-cyclists/
A bicycle-pedestrian path on the newly opened east section of the Bay Bridge over San Francisco Bay opened on Tuesday, holding the promise of a cross-bay bike route in the future.
At present, however, it’s kind of a bike path to nowhere as it stops short of Yerba Buena Island in the middle of the channel because of a design snafu.
The bike path opened at noon Tuesday …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/03/bicycle-path-opens-on-new-bay-bridge-span-in-oakland/
State transportation officials are looking for more than just a few good bicycle and pedestrian counters.
Hundreds of volunteers are being sought to participate in the sixth annual survey, scheduled for Oct. 1, 2, and 3 — that’s a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
This year, 40 cities (the most ever) are participating in the survey that helps the state to better measure demand for future development of bicyclist and pedestrian projects. That’s more than double the 19 cities …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/09/02/washington-state-needs-volunteer-bike-counters/
Out-of-state cyclists visiting Arizona for bicycling events contribute the equivalent of a tall drink of water to the economy of this arid region.
A report just published by the Arizona Department of Transportation concludes that out-of-state bicyclists bring in $88 million annually in economic benefits to Arizona.
The influx of cyclists led to the creation of more than 700 jobs …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/08/22/bicycling-visitors-considered-major-source-of-revenue-for-arizona/
A 37-year-old cyclist in San Francisco was sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service and three years of probation on Thursday after pleading guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter.
The district attorney said it was the first conviction for felony vehicular manslaughter in the United States. The cyclist, Chris Bucchere, apparently avoided jail time by copping …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/08/16/no-jail-time-for-sf-cyclist-who-struck-and-killed-pedestrian-in-crosswalk/
The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan is a work in progress.
Since the master plan was first adopted in 2007, some new best practices to make roads safer for cyclists have evolved.
Policy makers want to implement some of those changes in an updated master plan currently under review. [See the updated plan here.]
Cycle …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/05/where-to-learn-about-updating-seattles-bicycle-master-plan/
Apparently not everyone in New York City is in love with Citi Bike, the bike-sharing program that launched with 6,000 blue bikes at 300 stations over Memorial Day weekend.
Rupert Murdoch’s The Wall Street Journal produced a video opinion piece, curiously entitled “Death by Bicycle,” in which editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz blasted the new program. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/03/editorial-attack-against-new-york-citys-bike-sharing-program/
The nation’s largest bike sharing program launched on Monday in New York City where Citi Bike kicked off with 6,000 bikes at 300 stations.
The new program instantly dwarfed the Washington DC metro area’s Capital BikeShare, which had been the biggest bike sharing operation in the US since October 2010.
Even as Citi Bike grows …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/28/bike-sharing-rolls-into-the-big-apple/
A female motorist in England sparked outrage among bicyclists in her home country and around the world by tweeting on Monday:
Definitely knocked a cyclist of his bike earlier – I have right of way he doesn’t even pay road tax! #bloodycyclists
In reaction to her tweet, hundreds of cyclists took to Twitter to say …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/23/hit-and-run-driver-tweets-about-bloodycyclists-then-apologizes/
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