All this effort for 5 MPH.
Bowing to persistent pressure from Brickell residents, bicycle and pedestrian activists, and city and county officials, state roadway engineers have agreed to reduce speeds along busy Brickell Avenue, as well as add crosswalks and “share-the-road” markings to improve safety.
The changes will be incorporated into a...
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On Monday, Dec. 13, Bike/Walk Central Florida will join the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the Florida Bicycle Association, and bicycling advocates from around the country in a ride to AAA world headquarters in Heathrow
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A compelling video is making the rounds of Facebook and cycling blogs on how helmet promotion feeds the fear of cycling. Mikael Colville-Anderson makes some very powerful arguments against the insistence that all cyclists wear helmets, and shows the real absurdity of that message. He blames a culture of fear – bolstered by marketing...
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My commute hasn't always been easy. For years, I drove more than 20 miles to work, often in grueling conditions from my home in the suburbs to downtown Atlanta. Now, my five-minute journey starts from my downtown loft which I bought four years ago and is stress-free and relaxing.
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In a one-hour PBS special, Host David Brancaccio visits communities across America using innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity in our new economy. I couldn’t find it on our local TV schedule (not that it matters since I don’t have a TV), but the whole episode is now available online...
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Greetings, Commute Orlando readers!
Keri has graciously allowed me to write a guest essay here, for the purpose of introducing you to myself and two others who are intending to stand for election to the Board of Directors of the League of American Bicyclists, which will be held during December 2010 and January 2011. To...
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A Missouri County Council rejected a bicycle ban on state roads that don’t have paved shoulders 6-0. The member that sponsored the ordinance voted against it, but he claims the majority of his constituents support it.
Rolla Barr, of the Defiance area, supported the bike ban during public hearings.
“Anybody with any common sense...
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The City Council of Independence, Missouri took an unusual step last week and passed an ordinance banning harassment of bicyclists, pedestrians and wheelchair users.
Independence City Council unanimously approves anti-harrassment ordinance
Wouldn’t it be great to know your right to share the road with motorized vehicles was protected by an ordinance like this? Why not...
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August 2, 2010, a PhD student from University of Toronto completed the first continuous flight of a human-powered ornithopter, the mythical aircraft with birdlike flapping wings first envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci in 1485. It's a thing of beauty.
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Over 7,000 pedestrian crash reports studied.
NY Times has an article which highlights unexpected results.
Taxis, it turns out, are not a careering menace: cabs, along with buses and trucks, accounted for far fewer pedestrian accidents in Manhattan than did private automobiles. Jaywalkers were involved in fewer collisions than their law-abiding counterparts...
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