Ride Boldly!

Bikes, bicycling, and road safety.

February 2, 2011
by julie
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Thoughts on Bikeway Planning

Regular readers of this site will know that I can be a bit of a crank about certain types of bicycle facilities: Signage alone doesn’t make a route ‘bicycle-friendly.’ Paint jobs sometimes just indicate what the knowledgeable already know. Bike … Continue reading

January 24, 2011
by julie
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Winter Cycling & Slow News Days

There has been the expected annual spate of winter cycling stories on multiple local news channels and sites – from the Strib and PiPress to features on local news and radio programs. There is a common theme to these stories: … Continue reading

October 27, 2010
by julie
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Bike Lanes As Cyclist Hazards

Yesterday, a cyclist was killed while in the bike lane at 1st Avenue North and 5th Street in Minneapolis. While details remain sparse, the cyclist was in a bike lane painted to the right of the road, and was struck … Continue reading

April 14, 2010
by julie
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Fearmongering in Duluth

There’s nothing quite like headline writing expressly designed to freak people out, while not necessarily matching article content. Duluth’s Northland News Center, which is a site for Duluth’s CBS, NBC, CW and ‘MyNetwork’ affiliate television outlets, provokes today’s big headsmack … Continue reading