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MSNBC has a piece on North America’s ‘most bike friendly cities.’
Most of the cited cities appear to be League of American Bicyclists-recognized Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFCs), save, of course, the Canadian cities. The top-10 slideshow (at Forbes Traveler) does something I’ve wanted to see for ages: They rank Minneapolis ahead of Chicago.
Bicycling magazine constantly buys into [...]
Amidst my complaints about bad media coverage of cycling in general, the Chicago Tribune goes and publishes an article that gets it right.
While sensationally titled, as a communicator I can’t really argue that kind of title – it’s what gets attention, it’s what gets submitted to social news sites, etc. The Tribune’s 8 Steps to Ensure [...]
Following another cyclist-car collision in Chicago, a Chicago Tribune writer takes a surprisingly sane look at the rage that exists between bicyclists and motorists.
He even gets quotes from psychologists and people like Bob Mionske:
“If every cyclist obeyed every single traffic law, I don’t think the [Internet] comment boards would change that much,” says Bob Mionske, former [...]
Per the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago City Council approved the proposed cyclist protection ordinance without debate today.
I remain wary of the need and the enforcement probability of this ordinance. It also increases complexity of differences between various jurisdictions as far as traffic law goes even within Cook County, Illinois. It will be interesting to see the [...]
Chicago is looking at some cyclist protection ordinances that promise some nice fines for the city coffers. [...]
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