According to a Pantagraph article, Florida is the latest state to pass a 3-foot law, whereby vehicles are required to give cyclists at least 3 feet of clearance when passing. Violators face fines up to $500. Ed Barsotti, executive director of the League of Illinois Bicyclists, stressed the new law merely spells out what earlier
[continue reading...]
Our Providence Bike-to-Work Day event has been added to the League of American Cyclists B2WD event listing. If you haven’t already done so, I would suggest you take some time and peruse the league website. They have a lot of good information about cycling advocacy and just cycling in general. If you are looking for
[continue reading...]
There is a fairly new Bike to Work Week site online. They are attempting to collect information about all the various Bike Month and B2WD events happening around the country. Our events have been added to the list, currently the sole event listed in the CT, MA, RI area. Just a reminder. We have a
[continue reading...]
May 4, 2008 Bike Lanes, Intended for Safety, Become Traffic Battlegrounds By COLIN MOYNIHAN James Frederick was in Manhattan cycling west in the Prince Street bike lane on a recent morning when a green Ford parked in the lane forced him to swerve into the narrow roadway where cars and vans were rushing past.“It’s kind
[continue reading...]
The folks over at the Sightline Institute published a recent graph comparing the pounds of CO2 (or equivalents) per passenger-mile emitted during different modes of transportation: Clearly we are somewhat biased towards bicycles around here, but this graph certainly shows how green human transportation can be when compared with motorized transportation.
An article in this morning’s Projo discusses the approach a variety of people are taking to deal with increasing gas prices. The majority of the article focuses on alternate cars, carpooling, bus ridership, etc. However, it does conclude by mentioning our upcoming B2WD event.
