I have frequently been challenged, by bicycle activists, with the taunt that I am completely out of touch with modern cycling. One would presume that much the...
The update is "Cycling for Everyone": http://www.momentumplanet.com/cycling-everyone-0 see also http://www.momentumplanet.com/john-pucher-bicycle-scholar ...
See article <http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090301/NEWS01/903010352/100\ 1> This facility is really a mess - it is mostly a side path but where...
... taunt ... would presume ... vehicular ... TF: That is correct; I find that the attacks on me occur in direct proportion to how outspoken I am. Just look at...
I couldn't believe the number of comments in favour.... "Contrail is a tool for developing bicyle communities. As you ride, contrail leaves a fanit chalk line...
... I don't get how it will reclaim crucial space, but dumb ideas often have to invent reasons for their existence. The cynic in me liked this response: "Now...
As I am awaiting my court dates for two citations for riding in the center of the lane, I would be more than happy to enter the contest. Since it's been my...
Maybe we and our doe-eyed ilk ought to get these contrail thingies so newbies can see where we have ridden on a road. No, that wouldn't work, because we...
Bob Bayn
bob.bayn@...
Mar 6, 2009 10:09 pm
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Excerpts from the latest E-news from APBP Bob Shanteau ... Subject: Ped-Bike Assn E-news Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:04:13 -0500 From: <deb@...> To:...
For the past decade, I have been criticizing the frequent and almost-official argument that producing Amsterdam-style bikeways in American cities will produce...
A local LCI leader is really touting the now trendy Safe Passing law as being NECESSARY for bicycle safety, while saying that repealing the Ride to the Right...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/nyregion/thecity/08bike.html?pagewanted=1 The article is NYC-centric, but the message is applicable in lots of other places. ...
In one of my recent interactions with uninformed uniformed law enforcement, the officer referenced the Florida law requiring three-foot clearance as his...
You beat me to the post, Bruce. I just finished reading that and I agree that getting people on bikes to obey traffic laws and common courtesies would go a...
Applicable in what way do you think? It contains the standard misperceptions about bikelanes and sidepaths. Looks like another example of ignorance we need to...
Four years ago, Oregon amended the "Unsafe passing on right" law by adding the following exception for bicycles: (c) Overtaking and passing upon the right is...
I think all the points you made, Ken, were exactly to what Bruce was referring. BTW, kill our iPhone .sig; it make you look like a newbie. ;-) Herman...
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Mar 9, 2009 4:43 am
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... I think it is a terrible article. Why not write an article about how all users of the NYC travel system need to follow the laws for everyones safety....
This came through on our local bike/ped list too. My VC flags also started going off on the first two pages, but on the last page I thought he kind of redeemed...
My subjective experience in Maine is that I *think* the 3' passing law, which we got in 2007, has helped, *along with* allowing motorists to pass on a...
PM wrote (in part) The more I consider the Safe Passing laws, the more I dislike them. The language bothers me ("vulnerable operator"), and the exclusion of...
It's strictly my opinion, but since I've been controlling the sub-14' wide lanes, almost all of the passing has been done by the overtaking motor vehicle...
Thanks, all, for the great responses. I would like to take these, strip the personal identifiers out so that they are anonymous, and incorporate them into a...
I rode in Maine before they passed some foolish law about not crossing double yellow passing-zone-type-indicator road markings (which is the only legitimate...
This call for "examples of innovations and best practices from abroad that are being tested or applied in the U.S." is symptomatic of what's wrong with bicycle...
Oregon state Rep. Wayne Krieger says "This [bicycle registration bill] is an opportunity for the bicyclists to start contributing to our roads… everybody...
This [shoe registration bill] is an opportunity for the pedestrians to start contributing to our roads. If there were no pedestrians, we wouldn't need...
In the article, Rep. Krieger says “Whenever you have a program that’s a start-up program, your first few years are break-even years and then later on the...
I've heard that bicycle registration has been tried many times in the Portland area, although I don't think it has gotten as much political publicity as it is...
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