Archive for the 'opportunity knocks' Category
Bike lanes from around the world — including Tucson — on Huffington Post
But as usual, Copenhagen wins.
–EBR
“Idaho stop” bill introduced in Arizona — would permit bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs when safe to do so
Bicycles, Rolling Stops, and the Idaho Stop from Spencer Boomhower on Vimeo.
I got a call yesterday from my State legislator, Daniel Patterson, who told me that the “Bike safe-yield” bill had been introduced again this year. This bill would permit bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs when safe to do so. [...]
Study finds bad driving, not bad cycling, the cause of most cycling accidents
This is interesting:
A tiny proportion of accidents involving cyclists are caused by riders jumping red lights or stop signs, or failing to wear high-visibility clothing and use lights, a government-commissioned study has discovered.
. . .
The data, which was analysed by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), showed that more than a quarter of all [...]
BICAS Offering kids bikes at $5.00 for the holidays
I just got this from BICAS:
Subject: BICAS Kids Bike Sale, $5 !!!
Hey everybody,
BICAS is fixing up kids bikes for the holidays and they are available to you starting at just $5! (or ask about our work-trade program).
Come on down and get a new-used bicycle for your little son or daughter, niece or nephew, grandkid, great [...]
Copenhagen and bicycles
Lauren just sent me this video under the heading “Copenhagen is ridiculous.” I thought it was going to be about global warming, but it is a video on some of the really creative and amazing things Copenhagen has done for bicycles. Like for example pavement-level flashing red lights that bicyclists cannot see (“we’d [...]
Read More..>>¡Tucson Ciclovia! Meeting tomorrow, all are welcome!
Hey all — there is a Tucson Ciclovia meeting tomorrow to help work on the details of getting the ciclovia going in Tucson. All are welcome to attend! I’ll be there. Feel free to bring a lunch with you. Here is the invite:
Ciclovia Tucson
When:
Tue 15 Dec 2009 11:45 AM – 01:00 [...]
Riding to bike rack on the sidewalk now legal in Denver
One of the things that has always irked me is that, to be strictly lawful about it, you have to mount and dismount your bicycle in traffic and walk to a bike rack.
I never cared much about it until, naturally, I got a client who had been ticketed for riding his bike fifteen [...]
BICAS Art Auction sample
EBR
Read More..>>Los Angeles Times on cicLAvia
Several people have sent me this article from Thursday’s L.A. Times on the efforts there to start a ciclovia.
Imagine L.A. without cars. A town where people ride their bikes and walk in the streets, and the smell of tacos and veggie burgers drifts through the air instead of exhaust.
Sound like a pipe dream? Not if [...]
Get it together — BICAS Art Auction this Sunday!
This year it is at the corner of Speedway and Stone in a large art gallery there. Lots of parking even for cars! SRSLY, you’re an idiot if you miss it.
And hurry on down to BICAS to drop off any bike-related art, clothing, or jewelry for the auction!
–Erik Ryberg