Tucson Bike Lawyer

Archive for March, 2008

Note to downtown cyclists: road construction on south Stone Ave.

On my way back to the office today I diverted from my usual route on Church St. and took Stone Ave. instead. Boy did I make the wrong decision. The current phase of road construction on south Stone is in such a state that the right side of the road has parallel ruts [...]

BICAS Bike & Film next Saturday

Everyone is welcome! Should be a fun evening of bike riding and movie watching. Last time I attended one of these we watched a Monty Python short film about a bike tour…pretty funny. Not sure whats in store for us next weekend.
-lauren

Velo News on the Cupertino fatalities

Velo News has a great piece summing up the various disturbing threads of the whole Cupertino incident Lauren and I have been reporting on. Kristy Gough and Matt Peterson died when a Sheriff’s deputy crossed the center line and drove into them head on. Peterson was killed instantly; Gough died at the hospital. [...]

Calling all artists and bicyclists

Charles of Tucson Puppet Works and Sharon from Triangle L Guest Ranch in Oracle are planning a weekend of bicycling, art, parades, and performance in April. The event kicks off with a 36 mile ride from Tucson to Oracle. Everyone is welcome.
-lauren

Bike Boxes have arrived in Portland, Oregon

Matthew from chickendiction.blogspot.com alerted us to the news that city crews in Portland, Oregon have installed the first of 15 bike boxes. NYC has these as well. The bike boxes are designed to prevent right hook collisions between drivers and bicyclists. Intersections with the bike boxes have a no turn on red policy, [...]

Still more on the Shootout

Alicia Heiserer has more on the BAC meeting, and a slightly different opinion from mine, up on her website. She is encouraged by the BAC’s recognition that the Shootout must continue. I agree with that, but I never thought the BAC’s general support for the ride was in much doubt. My surprise [...]

Whoa! A bike safety advertisement to write home about

See it here.
–Erik Ryberg

The Shootout and Last Night’s BAC Meeting

Last night’s Bike Advisory Committee Meeting was pretty much dominated by the Shootout issue, but I was surprised by how things went because I thought the Pima County Sheriff’s Department would have had to answer for their actions on the ride.
Lots of people showed up and the BAC handed out cards to those who wished [...]

Sheriff’s video to be shown at 5 PM, not 6 PM at BAC Meeting

So says Alicia Heiserer, who has been following this more closely than I have.
The Bicycle Advisory Committee has a separate enforcement meeting at 5 PM before each regular meeting, which is at 6 PM.
Scroll down for more info on this meeting.
–Erik Ryberg

Last weekend’s tragic accident involving three cyclists and a police officer

Cyclists in the SF Bay community have been grieving over last weekend’s tragic accident involving three very accomplished cyclists and a police officer. James Council, a rookie deputy of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s department, crossed over the double yellow center line and struck and killed 30 year old Olympic hopeful Kristy Gough and [...]