Advocacy
All about gaining respect for cyclists and cycling … on the streets, on the trails, in the halls of justice
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 5, 2010
Reminder: World premiere of “Women of Dirt” tonight in Seattle! The DVD is out btw and can be ordered online. Washington’s “Vulnerable User” legislation is already further along than a similar bill made it last year. Jonathan Maus at BikePortland.org raises the question of why a local newspaper seems deliberately provocative (one might say antagonistic) [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Videos | Tagged awesome land women of dirt, Bicycle Leadership Conference, BikePortland.org, jeff mapes, Jonathan Maus, pedaling revolution, ryder hesjedal, the portland oregonian
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 4, 2010
The Ghost Bikes Film Project that Bike Intelligencer subscribed to failed to reach its fundraising goal, but Meaghan Wilbur says she’ll soldier on and do the documentary one way or another. Best of luck to her! Man riding a bike in Naples, FL gets a “DUI” for being intoxicated. $7,000 bail. Chicago DUI Lawyers is [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged ghost bikes film project, left cross, utah bicycle yield legislation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 3, 2010
Sometimes they bunch together by the handful. The past week has certainly borne that out. We were mildly annoyed at the Bellingham police flak who suggested, after a rider was struck by a car making a left turn in front of him, that cyclists wear bright clothing and be careful out there to avoid being [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Rider Down | Tagged cycling deaths, cycling safety, cyclist killed
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 2, 2010
Anyone who has ridden for any length of time has fondly wished for some magic trick to get drivers’ attention in risk-prone situations, like getting doored on the driver’s side or right-hooked on the passenger side. I like to scream the scream of the near-dead. Don’t laugh. Screaming really works. But over at Vigilant Velo, [...]
Posted in Advocacy | Tagged bike stickers, vigilant velo
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 1, 2010
So we have a question here. Exactly how cautious does a cyclist have to be to prevent a driver from turning left in front of him or her? We almost got run down today in Aptos in that very scenario, so we’d like, really, we’d love to know. You wonder if this cop would tell [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged e-bikes, electric bikes, lance armstrong, pinarello dogma, tour de france 2010
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 29, 2010
If you try to run down a cyclist in your car but somehow miss, never fear. You can always go for strangulation. In L.A., a booming promise that “The culture of the car ends now!” No throwing projectiles, no verbal abuse, no cutting within 3 feet … and yes! No strangulation! “(No) making physical contact [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes, Rider Down | Tagged alliance for biking & walking, awesome land women of dirt, Cyclelicious, ecovelo, Gary Fisher, ipad, marin dirt bowl
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 28, 2010
Seattle Times: ” ‘There are cases where a driver is not filled with criminal intent but truly does cause death or serious injury to a biker, to a walker,’ state Sen. Joe McDermott, D-West Seattle, a sponsor of the bill, said at Tuesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing.” You can still make a difference. Interesting discussion of [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, SB5838, washington state vulnerable user legislation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 26, 2010
Interesting take from Cathy Tuttle of Spokespeople on “Why I Waffled” re Washington State’s proposed “vulnerable user” legislation. From a note Cathy sent out to an email list, by way of explaining why she delayed acting on the issue: “Right now, if a driver is speeding, or runs a light, or makes an illegal u-turn [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged cathy tuttle, spokespeople wallingford, vulnerable user legislation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 26, 2010
BikingBis: Top bike-club names. Can’t argue with Gene on these. We did have the privilege of serving with a 1980s club founded by the estimable epicure, Bradford O’Connor, in celebration of one of his favorite beverages. It was called Team Green Death, in reference to the suitably toxic Rainier Brewery product, which served as official [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bike safety, bikingbis, lance armstrong, zoic
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 25, 2010
Justice Rising: Guy gets 5-year sentence for killing a cyclist while texting. Does requiring helmets reduce cycling among youth? Bicycle light leads to evacuation of downtown homes and businesses in Arcata. What were they smoking??? Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan is lagging. Let’s see now. 19.7 percent of city’s population rides bikes. Cars banned from driving [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bicycle helmets, bikehugger, google latitude, iphone cyclemeter, San Francisco Bicycle Plan, seattle bicycle master plan, texting fatality
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