Category: Bicycle Advocacy
Amsterdam is No. 1
A travel website has come up with the 11 most bike-friendly cities in the world. I'm pleased, and somewhat surprised, to discover that four of them are in the US.
The highest ranked US city at No. 2 overall is Portland, Oregon. Boulder, Colorado, follows at No. 4; Davis, California at No. 5; and San Francisco at No. 6.
The ranking is based on criteria used by the League of American Bicyclists to name cities to its Bicycle Friendly Communties list. The results here are interesting because Davis leads the LAB's bike friendly list as the only Platinum level city …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/12/going-global-with-the-best-bicycling-cities-list/
Some concerned Seattle area bicyclists have set up a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the nitbrains who shot bike commuter Peter McKay, left, last week.
Peter, a member of Seattle International Randonneurs, was riding home to West Seattle after work on Thursday when someone shot him from a passing car.
Amazingly, he completed his ride home after the incident, although he felt pain with every breath. He found blood on his clothes and two small bumps when he arrived home. Doctors at the hospital found one BB pellet had penetrated his left lung, releasing air into his chest cavity. The other just missed his aorta and spinal cord. …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/08/reward-fund-created-after-seattle-cyclist-shot-from-passing-car/
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved the 10-year Bicycle Master Plan on Monday that one local bike activist called the best in the nation.
Mayor Greg Nickels, who just finished hosting the US Conference of Mayors on Climate Change, says he hopes to triple the number of people who ride bicycles in the city.
The plan calls for spending about $240 million over the life of the plan to build a network of bike lanes, bike routes and multi-use trails criss-crossing the city. …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/06/seattle-council-endorses-bicycle-master-plan/
More than once, I've been cut off by a Metro bus pulling to the curb to drop off a passenger. It's bad driving, but nothing compared to the addlebrained recklessness shown by operators of India's Blueline buses.
The Blueline bus fleet has caused 103 deaths in India so far this year. The country's media calls them variously “killer buses” and “rogue buses,” names formerly bestowed on rampaging herds of elephants.
Official enforcement seems ineffective, so local residents are taking matters into their own hands. After the October 25 death of a cyclist who was run down by a speeding bus, a mob torched and gutted the bus as the operator fled …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/05/death-toll-from-india-busline-tops-100-pedestrians-and-cyclists/
The Seattle city council is set to vote on the 10-year Bicycle Master Plan at Monday's meeting, starting at 2 p.m. at City Hall.
People can comment on the master plan at the start of the council meeting, so this would be a perfect time to show up and directly tell council members what you think of it.
The document calls for adding 135 miles of bicycle lanes or bike routes to the city's 67-mile network over the next three years. Also, the “last mile” of the Burke-Gilman bike trail to Ballard would be completed …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/04/seattle-bicycle-master-plan-goes-to-vote-at-monday-meeting/
A Ventura County (California) jury has awarded $12.5 million to the family of a bicyclist who died when he was rear-ended by an 82-year-old woman in the fall of 2006.
It was the second rear-end accident in six months for the woman, who had learned about a month prior that she had severe cataracts in both eyes.
The cyclist, Glenn Garvin, was …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/03/big-award-in-california-cyclists-death/
(Update: The Bicycle Diaries blog says the feds bailed out Chicago, 'til the end of the year. If there's no help after Jan. 1, Da Square Wheelman says commuters are emailing their favorite routes to CBF for others to use.)
As Chicago's bus system prepares to make drastic cutbacks beginning Sunday, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation has prepared a Doomsday Survival Guide that's available online.
Chicago Transit Authority is cutting nearly 40 bus routes and laying off 600 transit workers on Sunday because of funding problems. That means many of Chicago's 1.5 million daily bus commutes will have to find an alternative way to work.
Promoting the wise use of bicycles, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation's guide is subtitled “Car-Free Alternatives for Chicago's Mass Transit Crisis.” …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/11/02/check-with-chicagoland-bicycle-federation-to-survive-doomsday/
Most communities require that bicyclists use some type of front and/or rear bike light on their rides after dark. In addition to the legal aspects, it's just plain common sense.
The Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WADA) reports that half of all bicycling fatalities occur after dark involving bicycles without lights, although only 3% of bike rides occur at night.
To raise awareness about nighttime safety issues, bicycling associations are giving away free front and rear bike light sets. I've spotted upcoming giveaways in Washington DC, Seattle and Portland. …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/31/free-bicycle-lights-in-washington-dc-seattle-portland/
Instead of complaining about all the trash along a section of a bike path, members of the Mid-Valley Bicycle Club in Corvallis, Oregon, are taking matters into their own hands.
Ten cyclists met at the bike path along 99W, and in little more than an hour had picked up 20 large garbage bags of crap from along the one-mile stretch. Among the items they found was a stripped down bicycle frame, which they're considering upgrading into a new bike.
Good deeds like these aren't isolated to Corvallis. Bicycling groups all over are joining “Adopt-a-trail” campaigns in communities to keep their trails clean ……
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/28/tired-of-trail-side-trash-adopt-a-bike-trail/
A $350,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit stemming from the death of a cyclist on the opening day of RAGBRAI in 2004.
After admitting no wrongdoing in the case, Crawford County turned around and passed a resolution banning RAGBRAI from using its county roads because the county chooses not to maintain them to bicycling standards.
RAGBRAI officials said they'll honor the ban. “Most places want RAGBRAI.” …
Continue reading
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/10/iowa-county-settles-lawsuit-bans-ragbrai-bike-ride/
Recent Comments