30-second PSA spot that Nobel Prize winner Al Gore would like
Here's a 30-second public service announcement prepared by the Chico Velo Cycling Club that's been running on TV in that area.
It's a simple message with two good reasons to ride your bike and a good reason not to use your car.
The …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/11/bicycle-club-in-california-gives-back-with-message/
The Bellevue (Washington) Transportation Commission is preparing to meet next year to discuss the project list for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan.
Meanwhile, residents can leave comments directly on separate bicycle, pedestrian and trail plan maps.
The interactive online map (an example above) for bicycling projects shows overlays for the bike paths, bike lanes, and on-street bike routes. By clicking on a symbol, the user can see details about the project's location leave a comment …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/07/comment-on-bellevue-wa-proposed-bike-project-map/
Paul Soglin responded in the Wisconsin State Journal to the negative reaction to his blog that said that people riding their bikes in a recent Madison snowstorm should be “taken out and shot.”
“Some people have no sense of humor,” he said.
I'm one of those who missed the joke. My bad. Let's see what makes his comment so darn funny …..
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/07/madisons-ex-mayor-responds-to-controversy/
Seattle bicycle riders have no desire for more streetcar tracks in the curb lanes where they ride.
The newly laid tracks of a streetcar line along Westlake Avenue linking Westlake Center to the Hutch Cancer Center have caused numerous accidents already when bike tires get stuck in the groove, causing the rider to loose balance and fall.
Seattle Likes Bikes has scheduled a bicycling protest starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Denny Park to call attention to the problem and get the city to install warning signs and to paint sharrows in lanes where bicyclists must ride now that they can't use the curb lanes…
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/06/dangerous-seattle-streetcar-tracks-spark-protest-bike-ride/
Back in 1991, Bicycling magazine named Pittsburgh, PA, one of the nation's worst cities for bicyclists. The city is working hard to shrug that label off its steely shoulders.
Just last week, the city reopened the Hot Metal Bridge for biking and hiking after the completion of a $11.6 million project that was begun in 2003. The 1,052-foot long steel bridge spans the Monongahela River.
The project is a critical link as the city races to complete its end of the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) bike trail in time for the celebration of its 250th anniversary in 2008. The bridge connects the Three Rivers Heritage Trail with the Eliza Furnace Trail.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/12/03/pittsburgh-inflates-its-bicycling-image/
She started Trips for Kids bicycling group
Marilyn Price was riding her mountain bicycle through redwood forests north San Francisco one day when she wondered how she could share the experience with disadvantaged kids from the city.
Scoring 10 donated bikes, she started Trips for Kids. Nineteen years later, that dream has turned into an organization with 57 chapters across the US that seek to steer kids away from trouble by getting them outside and away from bad influences …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/26/california-bicyclist-in-line-for-national-hero-award/
A bicycle relay is slowly making its way cross-country to draw attention to the connections between fuel dependency, war and global climate instability.
Called the Peace Transit, the ride started in Louisville, Kentucky, on Nov. 3 with cyclists carrying a baton, a petition and a rock to cyclists in Bardstown. Passed along five more times, the items arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday.
No single person is making this tour. This is a very effective way to get hundreds, if not thousands, of people involved in publicizing the problems of being too dependent on oil. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/19/peace-transit-tour-relays-message-by-bicycle/
South Carolina authorities charged the driver of an SUV with reckless homicide in the deaths of two bicyclists on the last leg of a cross-country, charity bicycle tour.
The 35-year-old Greensboro, North Carolina, woman turned herself in and was released on $10,000 bond, reports the Associated Press.
One of the bicyclists, Lee Anne Barry, 43, was finishing a cross-country bicycle ride called the Brain Injury Greatest Journey (B.I.G. Ride), when she was joined for the last day by Thomas Hoskins. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/16/suv-driver-charged-in-death-of-two-cyclists-in-south-carolina/
When I lived in Austin about 10 years ago, a nonprofit started a yellow bike program that allowed folks to use a bike and leave for the next person — all for free — in the downtown area.
Now I see that Lexington, Kentucky, became one of the latest cities to adopt a yellow bicycle program earlier this year when Lexington Yellow Bikes set out 80 free rides for residents.
Being up north, the group is collecting the bikes for storage over the winter and looking back at the success of the program. In spite of the program being a total success, there were a few problems. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/15/lexingtons-yellow-bikes-missing-in-action/
Those of you following the case of West Seattle cyclist Peter McKay, who is carrying around a couple of BBs fired by someone in a passing car, might be interested in this story from Maryland.
A 17-year-old student from Bowie, Maryland, faces serious charges in connection with the BB-gun shooting of a bicyclist on a bike trail.
The teen was charged Oct. 25 with first degree assault, second degree assault and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure, according to the Maryland Gazette. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/13/arrest-in-bb-shooting-of-maryland-cyclist/
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