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Thursday is Bike to Work Day in Minneapolis, and whether it’s your first time bike commuting or you’re a regular, here are some tips to make your commute safer:
Try to pick streets with reasonable speed limits of 20-35 mph when possible, with a wide lane or dedicated bicycle infrastructure like a bike lane. On faster roads, [...]
There’s been a bit of kerfuffle in Oregon this week over a charity bike event gone somewhat awry. It’s been covered over on BikePortland quite a bit. Essentially, as the story goes, law enforcement in a small town on the route of a large charity ride had complained to the organizers in past year that cyclists [...]
The League of American Bicyclists have released their Bicycle-Friendly State rankings. Minnesota has been ranked #4 nationally for cyclists.
The League also releases a breakdown of where each state ranks in key categories used to evaluate and rank the states. Minnesota’s ranking overall is a B, with breakout categories ranked as follows:
Legislation: B
Programs & Policies: A
Infrastructure: D
Education & [...]
The hearing on Senate File 201 at the Minnesota Capitol — scheduled for today — has been cancelled.
Per the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, who has been tracking the progress of this bill, proposed amendments to the bill were inconsistent with the bill’s intent, so the author has pulled the bill.
Senate File 201 allowed for use of [...]
EDIT: This has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 14, at 1:00 PM.
A key piece of the 2011 Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota legislative agenda has been the support of bills to increase careless driving penalties. Cyclists have been encouraged to send messages of support to committee members and to their own legislators, preparing the latter to vote [...]
We’ve covered the proposed new bike laws for Minnesota that would add stricter penalties for motorists who injure cyclists and pedestrians while distracted or committing moving violations, HF 68 and SF 201. These laws were also discussed extensively as part of the 2011 Minnesota Bicycle Summit.
Current status of the bills proposed are as follows:
HF 68, which [...]
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