Archive for September, 2009
Fourth Avenue Underpass again
I think I’ve spent enough time riding through the thing to have an educated opinion about it now.
I have concluded that the tunnel itself is pretty nice, but the approach to it coming east on Broadway is literally life-threatening.
If you are downtown, say at the Superior Courthouse or La Placita, and you want to get [...]
One ghost bike taken, 22 more appear
From Today’s Washington Post.
One Memorial Bike Taken From DuPont Circle, 22 More Appear
By Ashley Halsey III
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 10, 2009; 5:01 PM
Even in a city so thick with monuments that only tourists notice the big ones and pigeons get the rest, it was hard to miss the stark white bicycle chained to a [...]
KVOA on the Shootout incident
KVOA article here.
One of the virtues of these things for a lawyer is you get to read the comment section and get a feeling for the sorts of things the jury is going to be saying during deliberations. It’s not pretty. From the comments section:
If the vehicle had to move all the way [...]
TPD take on Saturday’s Shootout Ride incident
Here’s what TOPD told the Cathie Batbie, KVOA Assistant News Director:
Around 6am Saturday (9/5) Tohono O’Odham Fire and Police Departments
assisted by Pima County Sheriff and Drexel Heights Fire responded to
Mission Rd and Valencia Rd. TOPD says a driver on Mission Rd was passing
a number of bicyclists. To avoid an oncoming vehicle, she veered back
into her [...]
Injuries and mayhem on the Shootout Ride
I received this yesterday from Shootout rider J. It’s pretty scary:
I left University and Euclid with 10 others around
5:35 am on Saturday. As it was still a little dark, we rode with lights on,
though we only needed them for a few minutes. We set off for the traditional
shootout route.
All was [...]
Convicted hit-and-run driver tells his story
I am actually fairly sympathetic to the plight of motorists who, through inattentiveness or even stupidity, injure a cyclist. Very few motorists actually want to hit you. (Although some do). They just don’t think carefully enough about what they are doing.
At the risk of getting myself flamed, I even found a surprisingly [...]
More on Jerome Featherman
Several people have written me to say that the reporting on this story seems considerably better than the kinds of reporting we often get with cyclist fatalities. The reporter here makes a point of saying the motorist was driving in the bike lane and that Mr. Featherman was wearing safety equipment. Also, the [...]
Read More..>>Green Valley cycling fatality this morning — Jerome Featherman
From the AZ Daily Star:
Green Valley cyclist, 84 killed in vehicle collision
By Alexis Huicochea
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.03.2009
An 84-year-old bicyclist died this morning after he was struck by a car in Green Valley.
Jerome Featherman was riding south on North Desert Bell Drive, near West Calle de Oro, at 9:38 a.m. when a motorist [...]
Whoa — Canadian politician charged in road-rage death of bicycle courier
Are cars dangerous drugs?
TBL reader Michael M just sent me this, and it is a doozy.
Canadian Politician Charged in Death (New York Times).
The arrest of Mr. Bryant stemmed from a collision between a bicycle and an automobile in Toronto’s most prestigious shopping district late Monday evening. The episode started off as minor but swiftly escalated, [...]
Portland gets a Cycle-Track
And Tom Thivener, Tucson Bike/Pedestrian Coordinator, tells me it isn’t totally out of the question here.
Portland’s Cycle Track allows cyclists to get out of the door zone like so:
Check it all out at Bikeportland.org. The folks in the comment section are giving it great reviews.
Thivener has asked me where I think a good Cycle [...]