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Tuesday Night Community Ride
The brisk fall nights are returning to Tucson, and it is perfect for enjoying a night ride. So come out tonight for TNCR. Meets at 8pm-ish at the flagpole just east of Park and University. Hope to see you there!
p.s. Don’t forget your front light! Several people that I know have received citations recently for [...]
George Goode Jr. and the Tucson Police Department’s Police Report
I am so angry about this I can barely sit still.
The police report on George Goode Jr.’s fatal accident was released to us today. Reading the brief newspaper story about his accident, it appears that what happened is that Mr. Goode was in the middle (turning) lane on First Ave, waiting for a break [...]
Another Tucson bike fatality this weekend
Story here.
As always, our condolonces to the family and friends of George Goode, Jr.
–Erik B. Ryberg
Badly injured teen cyclist improving
I had KGUN newsinterview me on Wednesday about another teenager in a bike accident. They didn’t know much except that he had life-threatening injuries. It didn’t seem too hopeful and I feared we would have two young bicycle fatalities in the space of a week here in Tucson. Apparently KGUN 9 ran [...]
Read More..>>Memorial Service for Kevin Robinson-Barajas today, September 16, at 7 PM
This just came in to the comments section:
Thanks for the kind words. There will be services for Kevin on 9/16 at 7pm in the Newman Center by the U of A. All friends and supporters are welcome
The Newman Center is at 2nd and Cherry.
–Erik Ryberg
Tucson Citizen op-ed on Kevin Robinson-Barajas
The Citizen, at least, is starting to notice how many cyclists are getting killed.
There’s an odd dearth of nasty comments to the article, too. They are there, but they don’t completely dominate the discussion, thankfully.
Lauren and I have been reading the articles about him and the responses to the post below. [...]
Did you know Kevin Robinson-Barajas?
More is emerging on this young man. The AZ Star now reports:
Robinson-Barajas was remembered at school Friday as an “affable young man” who was well-liked and had lots of friends. His interests included playing guitar and physics.
His student identification picture describes Kevin perfectly, according to his global studies teacher Robin Batty.
Donning a tie-dye shirt [...]
New bike-safety box at Mountain and Grant
I don’t think this is exactly the most dangerous intersection around, but it’s a high traffic one and it just got a little safer thanks to the City of Tucson. It looks good!
Here’s the message about it I got from Tom Thivener today:
This morning TDOT installed the region’s first green thermoplastic bike lane at [...]
Cyclist who covered distance from Earth to Moon, Killed in a Hit-and-Run
Ian Hibell, a famous 74 year-old bicycle tourer, was recently killed by a motorist in Greece that was attempting to race another vehicle. The driver fled the scene and was arrested and charged two days later.
Hibell wrote a book called Into Remote Places that documents his journeys through untraveled areas on all seven continents. He [...]
Glenda Rumsey driving again
Glenda Rumsey, killer of Jose Rincon Jr., is back on the streets again. Her attorney told the judge that Rumsey “needs to be able to drive.” I guess if anyone has reason to know how dangerous riding a bicycle on Tucson’s streets can be, it’s Glenda Rumsey.
–Erik Ryberg