By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 22, 2010
Reminder: Facebook anti-cycling hate page protest is tomorrow at FB headquarters near the foot of California Street (and Bowdoin) in Palo Alto. Gets rolling at noon. Protests are good. Action is even better. What you can do today to actually combat anti-cycling mentality is to click on over to Cascade Bicycle Club’s advocacy page and [...]
Posted in Advocacy, News Cycle, Obama Bikes | Tagged cascade bicycle club, facebook anti-cycling hate protest, florida honk at cyclist, portland cycling community, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 7, 2010
Tomb of the Unknown Cyclist: A Palo Alto bicycle rider killed by a CalTrans vehicle Dec. 19 still is not being identified by authorities, who claim a policy of notifying next of kin before making an identity public. Apparently no one can find the guy’s next of kin. Wouldn’t it make more sense to publicize [...]
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bike library, snow cycling, vehicular homicide law, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 5, 2010
Naked Seattle cyclist charged with indecent exposure. Guy participates in World Naked Bike Ride, gets a citation. Your taxpayer dollars at work. This is a real puzzler because law enforcement has been pretty tolerant of naked rides. Every year a klatch of unclothed (albeit body-painted) riders enliven the Fremont Fair’s Solstice Parade. This seems like [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged black diamond mountain biking, naked cycling, naked cyclist, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on January 4, 2010
Police are seeking witnesses to reckless driving — injured cyclist accident near Redmond. Police are looking for a “newer red Honda Odyssey.” Someone out there knows, time to step forward and do the right thing. And there’s a TV report. Note that one of the riders has a seat cam but apparently wasn’t using it [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Mountain Biking, News Cycle | Tagged bicycle accident, bicycle violence, bikingbis, gene bisbee, sextagenarian cyclist, vulnerable user law
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on December 6, 2009
One pressing motivation behind Seattle-based Cascade Bicycle Club’s campaign to pass “vulnerable user” legislation seeking justice for cyclists injured or killed in car accidents is to force law-enforcement agencies to take bicycles seriously. No one who has been involved in a police-reported accident doubts the entrenched bias against cyclists. The attitude can generally be summed [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Obama Bikes, Transportation | Tagged cascade bicycle club, cycling justice, San Francisco anti-cyclist bias, vulnerable user law
