By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 12, 2010
Streetfilms has put together a clip on how to cross railroad tracks on a bike, using Seattle’s “Missing Link” as an example. I wish I could say it does the trick, but in reality it feeds a lot of misguided mythologies about cycling. Ultimately, it says railroad tracks are something to be feared, and that [...]
Posted in Advocacy | Tagged cycling safety, missing link ballard burke-gilman trail, streetfilms
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 January 14, 2010
Passed: New cycling safety laws in Boise. Given a pass: Woman driver who killed mother on bike cleared of wrongdoing because, she says, she fainted. Kolelinia: A severe lapse of judgment, marked by bouts with insanity, while riding skinny half pipe suspended 12 feet over traffic in crowded metropolitan areas. Curiously high rates of occurrence [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged b.c. bike scammer, bicycle theft, boise cycling laws, cycling safety, kolelinia
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on August 31, 2009
The links are flying on a (supposedly) new study that (supposedly) found drivers are to blame for 9 out of 10 bike–car accidents. This situation cries out for journalistic followup, but for now let’s see if we can clear the air a bit. A Toronto study we reported on (along with Freakonomics, which was then [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Obama Bikes | Tagged bicycle deaths, bicycle safety, cycling deaths, cycling safety
