I must have missed this one back in 2006. I’m sorry that I did because it comes from the TXDOT and I would have liked something to say to those smarty pants that claim fuel taxes pay for everything. The goal was to defend using toll roads, but there is just so much more...
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From Mother Nature Network: Portland, Oregon is touted as an oasis for cyclists and public-transportation lovers.  The city spends over $3 million annually on bicycle safety improvements and features an extensive network of bike lanes, bike racks, and rails-to-trails features.  Amidst discussion of the newest initiative, a Portland Bureau of Transportation draft of the...
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Maybe a bit deep for a Friday, but I happened upon this quote while perusing the list of quotes I keep for e-mails and thought I’d share.   I don’t recall exactly where I found it — it wasn’t at the original source — but it’s one of my favorites and I believe it...
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The Florida Safety Council and Florida Bicycle Association are looking for instructors for their Alternative Transportation Education (ATE) classes. This 3-hour course is taught to motorists with suspended licenses or otherwise less-than-stellar driving records.  It’s a great opportunity to teach safe cycling practices to potential cyclists, as well as teaching roadway sharing principles to...
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they are uncontrollable and their drivers can’t be trusted. Wandering the internet (trying to avoid some really boring work that I intend to make as difficult and torturous as possible by dragging it on all day), I came across this little car-culture gem:
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At the annual meeting of the directors of the American Automobile association at the Hotel Belmont, New York city. November 30, a stringent resolution was adopted against reckless and lawless speeders.
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Nearly one-in-five U.S. drivers have read or sent a text message while behind the wheel even though nearly all of the respondents in an AAA survey released on Friday considered it unacceptable. And, in another survey commissioned by Ford Motor Company, 93 percent of 1,000 licensed drivers surveyed support a nationwide ban on texting...
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“How stupid can you be?!” Yeah I did. I lost my composure and yelled at Mr. Head-up-his-@$$ as he stopped at the stop sign NEXT TO ME, 3/4 in the oncoming lane. Lucky for him the car on our left was not turning right. I don’t think...
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This is Winston Rd. It’s not a collector or a through street. It has five speed humps in 4/10 of a mile. Why? Because some motorists would use it as a secondary cut-through to escape the speed humps on their primary cut-through. And because the people who live on the side streets in this...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a September summit to address the dangers of text-messaging and other distractions behind the wheel. In late September, senior transportation officials, elected officials, safety advocates, law enforcement representatives and academics will convene in Washington, DC to discuss ideas about how to combat distracted driving.
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