Ever since Seattle approved a Bicycle Master Plan in 2007, the Cascade Bicycle Club has issued occasional “report cards” on how well the city is doing in implementing the plan.
The latest Seattle Bicycle Report Card issued last week found that the rate of bicycling in the city has increased as the city installs more …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/31/cascade-bicycle-clubs-wish-list-for-safer-seattle-streets/
Have you ever been out on a bike ride and seen something that didn’t look quite right? Or would you like to advocate for bicycling so your community can have first-rate bicycle facilities?
For starters, it takes knowing the rules and guidelines for road development. Those are researched and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Recently I heard that AASHTO created the fourth edition of Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/30/learning-the-rules-of-building-first-rate-bicycle-facilities/
The Bicycle Alliance of Washington is turning to a Spokane bicycle advocate to lead the statewide organization.
The board has chosen Barbara Chamberlain as the new executive director. She replaces the retiring Barbara Culp, who will help in the transition.
Chamberlain is the director of communications and public affairs for the Washington State University-Spokane campus. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/04/new-director-chosen-bicycle-alliance-washingto/
AAA Washington begins offering roadside assistance to bicyclists today, getting on board with services offered for more than a year in Oregon and southern Idaho.
The new service covers bicyclists on their travels anywhere in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or British Columbia.
No, AAA has not hired a crack team of bicycle mechanics who can be …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/01/bicycle-breakdown-on-the-road-aaa-now-offers-rescue-in-pacific-nw/
The Supreme Court ruling on the health care law isn’t the only big news coming out of the nation’s capital this morning.
The long-awaited House-Senate conference report on Transportation funding also was expected on Thursday. In fact, here are all 600 pages of MAP-21.
Bicycle advocates have been making a full-court press on Congress to preserve funding for “Transportation enhancements” (such as funding for bicycle projects) in the bill.
It appears they’ve only had partial success. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/28/states-can-opt-out-of-bicycle-project-spending-in-new-federal-transportation-funding-bill/
Six US cities are cooperating in a project to share what they’re learning about building separated bike lanes.
Participating in the so-called Green Lane Project are Portland, San Francisco, Austin, Memphis, Chicago and Washington DC.
The bike lanes don’t necessarily have to be painted green, but they do have to be separated from motor …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/06/separated-bikeways-coming-to-a-city-near-you/
Beantown seems to be embracing the idea of bike share.
Boston’s Hubway bicycle-sharing system has racked up 250,000 rides in its first 6 months of operation, hitting a record 2,500 in a single day last Sunday.
The Boston Globe reports that 6-month rate is more than double that of earlier bike-share systems in Denver and Minneapolis, and about equal to Washington DC’s Capital Bikeshare.
At the same time, there hasn’t been a “serious accident” …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/03/bostons-hubway-bike-sharing-a-big-success/
The California state Senate voted in favor of a bill on Friday that was written to require motorists to give bicycle riders a 3-foot gap when passing.
If approved by the Assembly and signed by the governor, California would become the 21st state with a 3-foot buffer law on the books (see “20 states motorists …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/25/california-3-foot-law-watered-down-before-approved-by-senate/
The League of American Bicyclists has launched a new website — Every Bicyclist Counts — that seeks to document each and every traffic-related bicycle fatality in the U.S.
It’s supposed to serve as a memorial to the cyclists who have died, gain information about the crashes, and track what happens in the courts after the crash.
In the process, I hope it doesn’t just scare the bejesus out of fledgling bicyclists who are considering more frequent riding. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/24/bicycle-fatalities-at-the-heart-of-new-website/
Washington remains the most bicycle friendly state in the nation for the fifth year in a row, according to an appraisal by the League of American Bicyclists released Tuesday.
The state earned a score of 4 out of 5 in the categories of Legal, Policies and Infrastructure, and a perfect 5 in Education and Evaluation.
Other states in the top 10 are, in order, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine and Delaware. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/22/washington-is-still-most-bicycle-friendly-state-5-years-running/
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