Archive for the 'Our eternal quest for Platinum Status' Category
Will more rabble rousing turn Tucson into Portland?
Friends of mine somehow pried me out of my house yesterday to attend Grist columnist Elly Blue’s presentation at El Mercado last night. It was an old-fashioned road show, with a great presentation about bikes and economics followed by some short movies, mostly extolling and scrutinizing Portland’s biketopia. There was good food, too. [...]
Read More..>>“It seems that a tank is the best solution.”
Here we are getting outdone by Lithuania. Looks like a pretty nice place to live.
–EBR
Hanging out in my local food desert
I read this New York Times article yesterday about First Lady Michelle Obama’s successful campaign to persuade Wal Mart, Walgreens, and other retailers to provide healthier food choices and reduce the prevalence of “food deserts” in our communities. A food desert is an area where more than 500 people live further than one mile [...]
Read More..>>Portland — a second look
On my way home from my trip up north I returned to Portland for a second look around.
And consider it confirmed: this place has been so thoroughly bike-ified that it is no longer recognizable as America. There are bikes, and people riding them, everywhere. Virtually all of the bikes are somewhat customized, [...]
Portland — is it real?
I am on a pilgrimage this week to a special tucsonbikelawyer holy site: the Tillamook Cheese Factory. But Portland is on the way there so I spent a few days looking around. I’ll say this much: Portland really has us beat when it comes to the sheer numbers of people on bikes. [...]
Read More..>>Are local authorities deliberately not appearing in court after ticketing cyclists for non-existent violations?
I had yet another traffic case yesterday where the officer failed to show up. It was a case I most certainly planned to win, because the cyclist was ticketed for riding to the left of the fog line on the Mt. Lemmon Highway. This officer (Deputy Alvaro Arizpuru) apparently believes that cyclists must [...]
Read More..>>Tuesday Night Bike Ride for families? Is there one? Why not?
A friend of mine just called me to ask if there are any easy, safe, fun bike rides he can do with his young daughter. He was wondering if the TNBR might be a good option, but apparently he went to my blog and read the recent posts about it and thought he should [...]
Read More..>>WTF? Is the Tucson Police Department finally getting on board with bicycle safety?
Readers of this Website know that I have been very critical of TPD since I started it back in 2007. In fact, the whole reason I did start it was my frustration at TPD officers who were not citing motorists for collisions with cyclists that were demonstrably the fault of the motorist. Over [...]
Read More..>>Tucson Police: Cyclists who get doored aren’t paying enough attention
I spoke today with a man who was doored while riding on University Boulevard. He was badly injured.
I reviewed his police report, and found that the officer noted that the cyclist’s inattention was the cause of the collision. The driver, by contrast, was recorded as having “taken no inappropriate action.”
Carry on.
–Erik Ryberg
Tom Thivener on bike boulevards
In response to my earlier post on bike boulevards, Tom Thivener, Tucson’s Bike and Pedestrian Program Manager, sent me a few comments. He said that people here in Tucson don’t always have a clear picture of what a bike boulevard is (I think he was including me in that statement), which he says is [...]
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