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With new legislatures and a new Congress in session, it’s a fine season to review some of the myths and truths of transportation funding and bicycle advocacy. Myth: Roads are paid for via user fees, so bicyclists are getting free rides on the streets paid for by motorists. Fact: Not so much. Gas tax is paid on all [...] February 11th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike trails, complete streets, education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, environmentalism, evaluation, federal funds, jerks, legislation, pedestrian access, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, science, share the road | Comments are closed
Legislation often has weird clauses, but this one is super-weird. The most excellent StreetsBlog reports that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) inserted a stipulation in the federal aviation reauthorization (SB 223) that could bar airports from using passenger facility charges for bike parking facilities if it stays in the bill and the bill is passed. The League [...] February 9th, 2011 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle facilities, bicycle laws, bicyclists, encouragement, europe, federal funds, jerks, league of american bicyclists, legislation, netherlands, oregon, politics, share the road, transportation options, urban planning | One comment - (Comments are closed)
Per Minnesota Statute 169.222, “every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.” Several exception cases are codified in the statute. As a unit, here is the entirety of Subd. 4: Subd. 4. Riding on roadway or shoulder. (a) Every person operating a [...] January 26th, 2011 | Category: bicycle laws, bicycle safety, bicyclists, common sense, education, jerks, legislation, minnesota, riding position, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, traffic accidents, traffic calming, vehicular cycling | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
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 with their article “BICYCLE RIDING DEATHS UP IN MN.” While the article does include some fatality statistics [...] April 14th, 2010 | Category: bicycle safety, bicyclists, common sense, cycling in the media, duluth, jerks, minnesota, roadway use, share the road, vehicular cycling | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Now that it’s been live a full 6 days, reviews are coming in on Google Maps for Biking. As with everything involving bikes and media coverage, feedback is a bit mixed. Wired Magazine are ‘crowdsourcing’ reviews, asking people to try their route and see what comes out of the system. It’s a generally savvy crowd, so they [...] March 15th, 2010 | Category: bicycle bridges, bicycle commuting, bicycle maps, bicycle routes, bicyclists, bike lanes, bike rides, bike trails, common sense, google, jerks, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road | Comments are closed
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 until [...] March 2nd, 2010 | Category: bicycle advocacy, bicycle bridges, bicycle commuting, bicycle laws, bicycle safety, bicyclists, bike events, education, encouragement, enforcement, environmentalism, federal funds, jerks, league of american bicyclists, minneapolis, minnesota, politics, road construction, roadway design, roadway use, share the road, st. paul, weather, winona | Comments are closed
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