If it’s time for Republicans and Democrats to get along to avoid the fiscal cliff, maybe bicyclists and motorists should be working together as well.
That might be the message behind the League of American Bicyclists announcement that the keynote speaker for the 2013 National Bike Summit in Washington DC will be Yolanda Cade, national …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/10/surprising-keynote-speaker-for-2013-national-bike-summit/
Boston bicyclists are mourning the fifth traffic fatality among members of their growing community this week.
On Thursday morning, a Boston University grad student was killed in a bicycle-truck collision when he got right-hooked by the driver of the truck.
The student, Christopher Weigl, was a photojournalism student and had written his own obituary this …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/07/boston-struggles-with-string-of-bicycle-fatalities/
In the devastation left by Hurricane Sandy across the East Coast this week, the bicycle has emerged as the most reliable form of transportation.
So many people have turned to bicycles in New York City, that one public radio commentator said some city streets look like those in Amsterdam.
The flooding of subway tunnels …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/02/new-yorkers-turn-to-bicycles-in-wake-of-hurricane-sandy/
More than 1,200 cyclists took to the streets in Newport Beach on Sunday in a memorial bike ride for two bicycle riders killed in separate crashes in September.
The two, Dr. Catherine “Kit” Campion Ritz and Sarah Leaf, were struck on their bikes and killed in a period of under 24 hours.
Ritz, 57, a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/29/californians-remember-two-bicyclists-killed-in-traffic-fund-drive-open/
Do you often feel like there is something missing from your job or college education — like your bicycle?
For the past several years, the League of American Bicyclists has been naming bicycle friendly employers and universities in the same categories as it lists bicycle friendly communities; namely platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
This fall, the bicycling advocates added 71 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses to its list, as well as nine new Bicycle Friendly Universities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/26/best-places-to-work-or-learn-if-you-ride-a-bicycle/
Large US cities continue to achieve bicycle friendly status from the League of American Bicyclists as Los Angeles, Nashville and Miami received the honor this week.
The latest round comprised 26 cities that entered the list — 23 at the lowest level (bronze) and three at the next higher level, silver. In all, the League has named 242 cities in 48 states as bicycle-friendly communities. See bicycle-friendly community map.
The recent US Census results show why it’s important for the largest US cities to accept bicycle-friendly policies. The League found that bicycle commuting rates grew by 80% …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/18/26-new-bicycle-friendly-communities-honored-including-la-nashville-and-miami/
Three bicyclists are filming interviews and collision scenes as they head down the California coast this week to begin a cross-country bicycle tour.
They hope to learn how Americans share the road and why that leads to so many deaths and injuries to people on two wheels. They plan to release a documentary film on the subject in 2014 entitled “Spoke.”
There’s a lot of interest in their work. The three — Em Baker, Nick Navarro and Lauren Gardner — recently raised more than $11,000 for the project from 125 donors at Kickstarter.com. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/04/unsafe-roads-filmmakers-search-for-answers-on-cross-country-bicycle-tour/
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. vetoed a bill for the second time on Friday that would require motorists give bicyclists a 3-foot gap when passing.
This time, Brown objected to a provision that allows motorists to cross a double-yellow line if there’s no room to give 3 feet of space.
Currently, there are 21 states that require drivers to give bicyclists and pedestrians a gap of 3 or more feet when passing (Pennsylvania is 4 feet). …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/28/california-governor-rejects-3-foot-bill-for-second-time-applauds-effort-bicycle-safety/
For the second time in as many years, a California law requiring motorists to give bicyclists 3 feet of space when passing is sitting on the governor’s desk.
Gov. Jerry Brown, noting objections, rejected the bill last year. The state bicycle advocates pushed the bill through again in 2012 with some changes that they hope …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/06/california-bicyclists-await-governors-signature-3-foot-bill/
Give a hand to the Vashon Island bicyclists for standing their ground and convincing King County to curb further plans to install rumble strips on Vashon Highway.
The county transportation department announced last week it was “scaling back” its plan to install an additional 4 miles of centerline and shoulder rumble strips on the highway …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/05/bicyclists-win-battle-over-rumble-strips-on-vashon-island/
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