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Peeve: Misapplication of Data

With the Minnesota Bicycle Summit last week and the National Bike Summit this week, I have been noting a pernicious habit among cycling advocates and friends that I wish I could punch out of everyone: Quoting studies selectively or in ways that simply do not apply.

As cyclists and advocates argue for ongoing funding for alternative transit [...]

March 9th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle facilities, bicyclists, bike events, bike lanes, common sense, damn lies, education, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, health, league of american bicyclists, legislation, minnesota, politics, roadway design, roadway use, science, st. paul, statistics, suburbs, survey, transportation options, twitter, urban planning, washington, wisconsin | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Women & Bicycles

On this International Women’s Day, I thought I’d address one of the skeletons in the room when we discuss bicycle-friendly infrastructure and the interested-but-hesitant cyclist: A pretty good portion of that 60% is female.

Data suggests that men outnumber women on bicycles in the United States by a ratio of two-to-one. In many European nations, the ratio [...]

March 8th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, bike lanes, bike trails, biking with kids, children on bikes, common sense, complete streets, distracted driving, education, encouragement, enforcement, environmentalism, europe, evaluation, health, minneapolis, minnesota, pedestrian access, roadway design, roadway use, safe routes to schools, statistics, survey, transportation options, urban planning, vehicular cycling, women | Comments are closed

Bike Events This Week (March 7-12, 2011)

This week’s events are heavy on the advocacy:

The League of American Bicyclists’ National Bicycle Summit starts March 8 in Washington DC. A strong Minnesota delegation will be calling on Minnesota’s Congresspeople. The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota promises updates via Facebook and Twitter.
Closer to home, the St. Paul Bicycle Coalition will meet March 8.
On Wednesday (March 9), [...]

March 7th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle event calendar, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, federal funds, league of american bicyclists, minnesota, politics, public meetings, richfield, st. paul, suburbs, transportation options, washington | Comments are closed

Subsidizing Driving

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed yet another extension to the Transportation Bill — number seven, to be exact. Most transportation spending comes via the dedicated Highway Trust Fund.

The trust fund is supplied via the 18.5-cent per gallon federal gas tax. Per statements by members of the House, expanding that tax is not an option in [...]

March 3rd, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, damn lies, engineering, environmentalism, federal funds, legislation, pedestrian access, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, suburbs, taxes, transportation options, urban planning, washington | Comments are closed

Bicycle Summit 2011: Be A Voice for Cycling Every Day

On February 28, 2011, 175 bicyclists and friends of active transport gathered in Saint Paul to discuss bicycle issues in Minnesota, and to get excited about the chance to speak up for bicycles at the state legislature. Maybe you were there. Maybe you weren’t — after all, 2.6 million Minnesotans rode bikes last year, so we [...]

March 3rd, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle alliance of minnesota, bicycle laws, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike education, common sense, education, encouragement, enforcement, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, league of american bicyclists, legislation, minnesota, pedestrian access, politics, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | Comments are closed

Bicycle Facilities, Best Practices & Reluctant Cyclists

I’ve previously written about the challenge of getting the 60% of would-be cyclists who are “Interested but Concerned” onto bicycles more frequently and as users of bicycles for transport. I’ve also written about the design issues associated with bicycle facilities and challenges of bike lanes.

Following the publication of a (flawed) study about cycletracks, many people are [...]

March 2nd, 2011 | Category: bicycle facilities, bicycle routes, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike trails, complete streets, damn lies, education, encouragement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, jerks, league of american bicyclists, roadway design, roadway use, science, share the road, traffic calming, transportation options, urban planning, vehicular cycling | Comments are closed
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