I'll have to admit that I was expecting the worst when I volunteered to help chaperone a peloton of 60 middle school pupils bicycling on the Sammamish River Trail this weekend.
Clipped wheels. Face plants. Head-ons with speeding adults trying to shave seconds off their time trial records. Tangles with roller-bladers, dogs on leashes or stollers. Anything could have happened — but nothing did. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/02/how-to-keep-60-kids-safe-on-a-bike-path/
Here we are sliding into fall — for many the end of the bicycling season — and suddenly we're beset with lists of “Best” bicycling cities and trails.
The latest to chime in is the Washington Post, which touts New York City as having the potential to be the best bicycling metropolis in the US, then lists suggestions from Adventure Cycling Association and Bicycling magazine for their top 10 bike friendly cities.
Why New York City? …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/01/ready-for-another-best-list-for-bicycling/
First the Bicycle Man's Tiffany Pines Community Outreach Center in North Carolina got the boot. Now Bike Again! in Halifax, Canada, is out on the street.
What's their connection? Both supply the space and labor to rebuild used and broken bicycles for children. Moses “Bicycle Man” Mathis has given away 8,000 bicycles to area kids over the years; Bike Again! estimates it has fixed up 1,800 bikes in the past six years.
The eviction of 69-year-old Mathis from property …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/10/01/another-bike-giveaway-program-bites-the-dust/
“I've investigated 50 bike accidents during the last 18 months and more than half of them were left-turn situations.”
— Seattle attorney John Duggan, who represents bicyclists in traffic cases.
He's quoted in a story about Susanne Scaringi, a West Seattle cyclist who was killed when she collided with a van that had made a left turn in front of her. Duggan said vehicles making left turns seem to be a common reason for collisions involving bicyclists. Critical Mass cyclists are expected to visit the intersection Friday night….
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/29/bicycle-quote-bike-vehicle-collisions-involving-left-turns/
A recent issue of Sunset Magazine lists the Burke-Gilman Trail that runs through the Seattle area as one of the Top 10 City Bike Rides in the western United States.
Kudos to the 30-year-old urban bicycle trail. And shame on the City of Lake Forest Park for suggesting an ordinance that, in effect, would make it impractical to improve the narrow section of trail that runs through that city …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/28/threats-to-one-of-the-wests-best-urban-bike-trails/
The League of American Bicyclists has added eight more communities to its list of Bicycle Friendly Communities, expanding the number of honored cities to 58.
Leading the list of cities added this year is Jackson, Wyoming, with a silver designation. Others, judged bronze, are Carmel, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Roswell, Georgia; St. Petersburg, Florida; and Sacramento, San Jose, and South Lake Tahoe, California. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/26/eight-more-communities-are-bicycle-friendly/
Connecticut state senate candidate Paul Doyle and more than two dozen supporters hit the campaign trail with a 33-mile bike tour last weekend.
A proponent of frequent exercise, Doyle's choice of a bicycle to get out his message was a good idea since World Carfree Day fell on Friday this year. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/25/hitting-the-campaign-trail-on-a-bicycle/
Two teen-agers died in separate MS 150 Bike Tour fund-raisers last weekend in collisions with motor vehicles.
Charlie Vogann, 15, died on the Oklahoma chapter bike tour, and Rachel Giblin, 15, was killed in an accident during the Mid-Atlantic chapter's Breakaway to the Beach bike ride in South Carolina. News reports say one accident occurred on a busy US highway, while the other happened when a volunteer waved cyclists through an intersection. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/19/tragic-weekend-for-ms-150-bike-rides-in-oklahoma-and-south-carolina/
The Big Apple has announced big plans for a bicycle network that encompasses the addition of 200 miles of new on-street bicycle lanes, routes and pathways in the next three years.
The idea is to improve the health and safety of New Yorkers. The announcement, made by the city's directors of transportation, health, parks and police, cites the deaths of 225 cyclists on city streets in the past decade, as well as chronic health problems of the city's denizens. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/13/new-york-city-announces-extensive-bicycle-network/
At least in the UK, motorists pass more closely to bicycle riders who wear helmets than they do cyclists who ride without a helmet.
The study by traffic psychologist Ian Walker at the University of Bath found that the average motorist gets 3 inches closer to helmeted cyclists when passing; motorists also pass male cyclists closer than female cyclists. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/09/11/uk-motorists-give-less-space-to-helmeted-bicyclists/
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