A good Seattle article on mandatory bicycle registration presents facts around such proposals to counter oft-propagated mythologies. Continue reading
December 31, 2007
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Category Archives: share the road
December 14, 2007
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Bicycle Facilities Issues
Many advocates focus on the construction of bicycle lanes and trails as preferred bicycle facilities. These segregated and separated routes have many issues, and do not support a goal of sharing the road or creating a sustainable transportation infrastructure. Continue reading
November 28, 2007
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More Focus on the Wrong Things in Edina
In July, the Star-Tribune had an article about bicycling in Edina that I felt really had all kinds of messed-up priorities — focusing on ‘dedicated’ bikeways instead of sensibly-design streets, people driving while using cell-phones, and attempting to engineer around … Continue reading
October 18, 2007
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Cool Illinois Event: Roll The Tollway
In Illinois, they’ve been building an extension to I355, a connector ‘interstate’ highway. It’s slated to open next month. As a fundraiser to build a multi-use trail, they’re opening up the road to cyclists for 3 hours, much as they … Continue reading
September 28, 2007
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Critical Mass in Minneapolis Tonight
Critical Mass rolls in Minneapolis for the first time since police overreacted to some anarchists in the crowd in August. Continue reading