Are 1,200 sharrows better than none?
Would 1,200 sharrows in downtown Portland be a good idea? A plan to do so is on the shelf, so BikePortland.org put out the question … Read more
News Cycle: Boise's new cycling laws, Fainting can kill, Kolelinia explained, B.C. scammer or hero?
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. … Read more
If it was wrong, it was done by a "cyclist"
“That was no lady — that was my wife!” goes the old joke. We think of it sometimes when we read yet another news report … Read more
News Cycle: Cycling sexism, Budget slashing, Bike biz hammered & more
BikePortland.org’s Elly Blue reviews “My year as a woman in a city of bikes”: “The resulting discourse focuses primarily on why so few women choose … Read more
News Cycle: Facebook Protest Ride, Reckless endangerment, a $290,000 traffic ticket & more
Big bike rally Saturday in Palo Alto to protest the hate-cyclist page on Facebook. Riders will convene at Facebook headquarters near California Avenue and Bowdoin … Read more
News Cycle: Bike laws, Ghost bikers in the sky, XC at 70, Sea Otter Buzz Beginneth
Indianapolis has a set of new bike laws, including 3-feet-please. Florida law says bikes get the whole friggin’ lane, thank you very much! Now if … Read more
News Cycle: Two strikes against bike hatred, new Seattle DOT director, Portland's commuter drop, Life Cycles DVD, ski-bike & more
The Facebook protest against bike-hate continues to grow. Now there’s a “Help REMOVE this HATE GROUP against cyclists!” tribe. All instructions included. The outrage targets … Read more
The Black Diamond Freeride Revolution
It’s funny how these things happen. The small southeastern King County town of Black Diamond was originally named after the nickname for coal. Coal mining … Read more
News Cycle: Unknown cyclist, UCSC bike library, Oregon’s new law, Snow cycling & more
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 … Read more
Why Aptos Needs a Pump Track
Right now it’s a seedy vacant lot. But if the mountain biking community in Aptos CA and its Santa Cruz environs have any say, the … Read more