A agree about the relationship of bike use to gas prices. I think what happens is a driver takes a short ride instead of jumping in his car one day and...
The times are changing this is for sure.I have been having my bike sent by ups to the place that I am staying and it has worked well.three months ago it cost...
Delta seems to raise their price by $25 every 6 months. $150 each way now is over the top. Golf clubs are still free... and they weigh a lot more than my bike....
Hello from Daytona Beach, FL You can also get the entire document in html online at http://www.dot.state.fl.us/Safety/ped_bike/brochures/pdf/index.htm ...
... For the longest time, flying internationally where either start or destination were in the US, the bike counted as one luggage item. As long as you could...
Thanks guys! I have this publication is in my growing library. I do like it! So, here's a question - What do you guys think about bike sharrows. This seems...
... Ineffective. And dangerous. They don't have the conspicuity of bike lanes. Cagers either don't see them or just ignore them. They encourage cyclists to...
I find it all but impossible that a 'Sharrow' can be designed that doesn't imply some kind of instruction about bicyclist-specific lateral lane placement......
Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately, we are trying to allow bikes on road that weren't designed for it and I think that it's...
As I already mentioned, sharrows are bad design because they amount to bad education about proper bicyclist roadway behavior. However the claim below that they...
Roadways are built for vehicles with higher potential top speeds and wider than bicyclist on bicycles. Therefore the road are MORE than good enough for bicycle...
When RJM and KOB agree about something, I start to worry! Of course, they dislike sharrows for different reasons, so the universe can continue to exist. 8-) ...
... ...or a cosmetic indicator that shows that the lane is shareably wide, depending on the placement of the sharrow. The draft MUTCD specs for sharrows...
... I looked over the draft [http://www.trafficsign.us/npa.html] recently and concluded that the Shared Lane Marker (aka SLM, aka sharrow) will only be used in...
Wow! Lively conversation! We have a few you guys here too. The roads that I am talking about are so narrow they have no shoulder at all and have cars parked...
... all and have ... As with lane width, shoulders are not a bicyclist's issue. In general traveling bicyclists should be discouraged from riding in shoulder...
... Go ride in Davis, California for a week then come back and post your thoughts. It's all about how bike lanes are done. When they're done right, they're ...
... all and have ... As with lane width, shoulders are not a bicyclist's issue. In general traveling bicyclists should be discouraged from riding in shoulder...
... Here's a good article to start with that has more links at the bottom: http://www.runmuki.com/paul/writing/davis.html Besides clean wide bike lanes in a...
... You can not teach bicyclists to ride safe or think about roadway bicycling properly with bikelanes. Bikelanes teach the exact opposite of what needs to be...
Wow! So many flashes of such short duration in one video. I think it's great that a municipality/government/etc put such things together. Not preachy at...
Thanks Bob I have forwarded this on to my group. It looks like Davis would be a great place to live and ride. It also looks like they planned from near the...
Good points Kenneth! I will reread this email a couple of times to make sure I got them all. I'm glad you as passionate about this subject as you are. We...
My local bicycle club, the New York Cycle Club, is conducting a worldwide bicycle accident survey. The results will be freely published as part of a cycling...
Interesting. Do you know how long will this survey be online? Is there a possibility to get the results for a specific country in the end? ... -- Frederico ...
... Thank you for the reply. The survey will be online through the rest of this year, if not longer, before the analysis is initiated and the study published....
I abandonned the idea of bringing one of my newer bikes on the trip I took last week to Cape Cod but was able to convince my brother to bring one of my older...
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