On my commute home last night, I had two separate instances where fellow cyclists rode up next to me at a red light. In both cases, the cyclist came to a stop, waited for a break in the traffic, and then proceeded to cross the intersection.
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New Bike Commuters Hit the Classroom, Then the Road The rush of new cyclists, created by high gas prices, is driving up demand for bike safety classes. By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor | August 25, 2008 The high price of gas is creating a surge in bicycle commuting...
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Eric mentioned sticks. There are lots of them out there and those little ones are likely to be a nuisance for days. There are lots of branches, leaves, sand piles and puddles, too. Many of the residential streets still have debris all the way across because they don’t have enough traffic volume to sweep...
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Some years ago some cyclists in Australia came up with the idea of the Bike Bus. A group of commuting cyclists rides the same route every weekday with the same schedule. Individual cyclists can join in and drop off wherever they like. A decade ago it was probably a bit of a challenge to...
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I found this outstanding article published last year in London. It discusses how little traffic policing there is these days and how active traffic policing not only improves traffic safety, but also gets criminals off the streets. Britain’s highways – and that includes London’s – are among the most lawless places in the country....
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I’ve been slammed at work. I have a half dozen things I want to write about, but no time. So I’m going to offer up other people’s stuff… Looking for a Used Bike? The Cycledog, Ed Wagner, apparently does have time. He has written up a nice piece of advice on buying a used...
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Clinton Miceli was just beginning a career as an art director for an advertising agency. On June 10, he was commuting home from work when the driver of a Nissan Xterra opened a door in his path. Clinton struck the door and was thrown into the path of an overtaking vehicle and killed. Stanley...
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I rode through Winter Park on my way to work yesterday so I could take photos of the new Sharrows on Palmer Ave (more in the Gallery). I want to congratulate the City of Winter Park and its bike/ped board and traffic manager, Butch Margraf, for this excellent implementation! The purpose of sharrows, technically...
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I was planning to write something on this topic, and coincidentally, my Aunt forwarded me this Op Ed from the New York Times. In Be the Prius, Tom Vanderbilt tells us: In Europe, where gas prices are often more than twice what they are here, eco-driving has become mandatory in the driving curriculums in...
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The artwork for the 3ft law PSA (donated by KCI) was unveiled last night at the Smackdown. Susan Fortini (FastSigns) generously donated a banner to hang over the lanes. The art has brought up numerous questions and comments about the car crossing the double yellow line. That’s perfect! It means we’re communicating a very...
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