How would you spend $25 million for bicycle and pedestrian facilities in your town? That's a question that reps (like Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman, right) from four municipal governments get to consider when they meet in Washington DC this month.
The four — Columbia, MO, Sheboygan County, WI, Marin County, CA, and Minneapolis, MN — were named as pilot projects …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/07/cycling-gets-more-clout-in-dc/
A tempest is brewing on Hilton Head Island, SC, over the death of a 64-year-old cyclist and the light punishment that's being considered for the motorist who struck her.
As the Georgia-based My Big Fat Geek Cycling Blog asks: “What's wrong with this picture?”
Plenty.
The 26-year-old driver of the SUV apparently struck Nhiem Kim, 64, from behind as the bicyclist was …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/12/06/outrage-over-cyclists-death-in-south-carolina/
Time for a little reality check: A cyclist hit by a passing pickup truck pulling two trailers had to take her case all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court to affirm her right to the road.
The court struck down a ruling that essentially blamed the cyclist for being on the road when the vehicle hit her, according to the League of American Bicyclists.
When I read about all the laws being passed to support cyclists, “share the road” license plates being printed and road signs posted, it's shocking to learn how people — including judges — view cyclists' rights to the road. Non-existent. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/30/cyclists-have-right-to-kentucky-roads-court-rules/
Just when I'm ready to throw my subscription to the advertising supplement named Bicycling magazine out with the trash, I see they've expanded their worthwhile BikeTown project to Africa.
BikeTown is Bicycling magazine's attempt, together with other sponsors, to get more people in the saddle by giving away bicycles then reporting on their lifestyle changes. Since it began in 2003, BikeTown has …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/30/biketown-project-moves-to-africa/
Is it art? Or is it a bicycle component?
The Bicycle Inter-Community Action and Salvage project of Tucson answers that question Sunday at its 10th annual art auction.
BICAS is a nonprofit community coop where people can buy or rent bicycles.
But most importantly, it's a place where people can learn how to do repairs on their own bicycles. Cyclists …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/19/bike-parts-fashioned-into-objects-dart-at-arizona-shop/
The Katrina Bikes Partnership Project in Seattle closed the second weekend of its bicycle collection drive at Magnuson Park with a total 834 bikes last Sunday.
The bikes, helmets and other gear donated by Seattle area cyclists is on its way to Baton Rouge, where a delivery of bicycles from Boulder already has arrived, reports the Baton Rouge Advocate. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/11/seattle-and-boulder-bicycles-headed-to-louisiana/
David Kroodsma is a cyclist who is preaching what he practices.
The climate researcher at Stanford plans to spend the next year and a half on his bicycle, touring down the Pacific Coast from California to the tip of Argentina.
Along the way, he plans to talk to other scientists, school students, and anyone else he encounters about global warming and how the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/10/california-cyclist-warns-about-climate-change-through-americas/
Long Beach is the new home of what the Press-Telegram calls a “state-of-the-art bicycle facility.”
The Bikestation Long Beach first opened as a demonstration project for cycling commuters in 1996, the first facility of its kind in the US. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/05/bicycle-commuters-get-new-bikestation-in-long-beach/
Seattle area residents parted with some 350 bicycles last weekend so Hurricane Katrina evacuees can have some way to get around.
Another Katrina Bikes Partnership Project collection is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/03/seattle-residents-donate-bicycles-for-hurricane-refugees/
The driver of an SUV charged with class A misdemeanor negligent homicide in the death of a Utah cyclist is ready to defend herself in court.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the trial of Elizabeth Deseelhorst, 66, will begin in about 2 weeks. She allegedly was behind the wheel of the SUV that struck Josie Johnson, 25, in Big Cottonwood Canyon …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/03/defendant-ready-for-trial-in-death-of-utah-cyclist/
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