As cycling commuters/utility cyclists, we are helping to do our part to better ourselves and our community.  John O. Anderson, who went car-free in 2002, details family life without the automobile.  Unconventional Ideas shows his articles about such and how life has improved since making the choice to go car-free. We could use this...
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So, I finally got around to reading through the links Eric provided in the heartbreaking post about David Meek. Regarding enforcement of the 3-foot law This quote is from one of the TV news story links Eric provided. The officer is explaining the legitimate difficulty of enforcing the law, but throws in another little...
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The saga of Fred’s Port Orange traffic citations has ended with a dismissal of the charges. Discussion of Fred’s troubles in Port Orange have appeared throughout the comments and on the forum, but here is the summary: In February, Fred was pulled over in Port Orange for controlling a narrow lane on a multi-lane...
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Ed at CycleDog is hilarious. Recently, I read about the danger faced by cyclists and motorists on a narrow, winding road outside of Nashville. Some homeowners want cyclists banned. It’s too dangerous to pass slow-moving bicyclists because motorists have to cross the road’s centerline. What happens if there’s an on-coming school bus or a...
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All I keep hearing from the street cycling bunch is how wonderfully people cycle in Amsterdam and the rest of Europe. Yet I don’t think that people in the US that point at them know what is going on. People in the US like to go fast. If they aren’t doing 20 mph, then...
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I’ve been kicking this around in my head for a few days trying to come to some sort of conclusion as to why a grand jury refused to indict a truck driver for a self-evident misdemeanor crime. Other people have, too.
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At our meet-up last Friday at B3s, we all sat around telling stories.  Somehow I was reminded of telling a story about a bike game we used to play when I was a kid ….. In my neighborhood, there were 13 boys and only 1 girl, all around the same age.  We did everything...
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Raphael Clemente has written an excellent piece on the social change needed to promote non-motorized transportation and livable communities. As one who uses a bicycle for the vast majority of my trips around town, I am often struck by the crazy behavior and strange reactions of some automobile drivers. I am not implying that people who drive...
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