Ride Boldly!

Speakers:

Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Governor Jack Markell (D-DE)
Peter Rogoff, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration
Peter Birch and Shannon Guyman, Google

League of American Bicyclists Director Andy Clarke kicked off the proceedings bright and early at 8 AM, clearly freshly caffeinated and excited by having over 700 bicycle advocates and friends of the cycling movement in the house [...]

Some time back, I discussed Minnesota Statute 169.06, which allows a motorcycle to stop completely at a red light, but to move on red if the light does not change for an ‘unreasonable’ amount of time and passage is safe. At that time, I said that I knew many bicyclists who used that statute, although [...]

Been pretty busy lately, but as the (first) thaw gets underway, there are goings on here in the tundra and elsewhere.

The Winona Bridge, about which I have written a billion times following its brief closure in Summer 2008, is now scheduled for ‘rehabilitation’ in 2014. Everyone gets to take their chances on this fracture-critical structure [...]

I think we all know the stats:

Drivers are 8 times as likely to get in an accident while texting than those, you know, paying attention
Driver distraction was reported to have been involved in 16 percent of all fatal crashes in 2008
An estimated 22 percent of injury crashes were reported to have involved distracted driving

(Source: USDOT [...]

The Associated Press reports a tale of helmet enforcement that to my mind misses a point.
A police officer in New Zealand nabbed a pair of cyclists out for a little night ride in the nude. The constable sent the duo home for helmets.
While nudity is a chargeable offense in the twon of Whangamata, the constable [...]

This month’s Scientific American has a very interesting article on how to boost urban bicycling. Their conclusion? Figure out what will get more women on bicycles!
The articles references comparisons between male/female bicycle trip ratios in the US (2:1) and in Germany and the Netherlands (close to 1:1). Referencing prior studies on gender roles, the article [...]