Ride Boldly!

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 [...]

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 [...]

In a recent study, Minneapolis-St. Paul made it onto a list of the top five metros for road rage.
Factors cited that create anger include running red lights, texting and e-mailing while driving, putting on makeup, eating, or talking on a cell phone.
One thing worth noting is that per the study methodology, the telephone surveys were [...]

Well, really, all of May is National Bike Month. May 11-15 is National Bike to Work week.
Your area may have events planned. Minneapolis-St. Paul are events are listed at http://www.bikewalkweek.org/.
However, if you’re thinking about using the week as an attempt to try biking to work yourself, start planning now.
Some questions to consider:

What route might [...]

Edina is back to squawking about potential improvements for bicycles, this time on W. 70th. Some readers may realize I’ve piled onto Edina at least twice previously – in one case, for focusing on bike lanes as magical, and in another case for a distracted driver complaining about kids being kids, which they are wont [...]

Requiring children to wear bicycle helmets has reduced child bicycle-accident mortality in Ontario, Canada.