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AASHTO To Weaken USDOT Bike Policy [Updated!]

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Please read to bottom of article for latest update! According to a recent email from the League of American Bicyclists reported that AASHTO, apparently the voice of transportation as long as you drive a car, released a letter and supplemental document weakening their guidance on accommodating cyclists and pedestrians.  In a nutshell their letter asks…  read more

Parking My Crate

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Perhaps it’s my sense of humor, but ever since I came accross a post on Ian Walker’s Blog, I’ve been dying to give this a try and see how people react.  In fact, I think this is a perfect discussion to follow my  “So Where Should We Ride” post.  The hypothetical situation Mr. Walker explores…  read more

Complete Streets Update

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As many of you may already know, there is some Complete Streets legislation working it’s way through the House Committee on Municipal Government.  There are two bills of interest: H5821:  Establishes a Complete Streets Council.  It will consist of eleven members from the six state agencies and from the local government, public and other groups…  read more

So Where Should We Ride?

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Okay all our motoring brethren, it’s your chance to give us some feedback.  A recent article in the SouthEast Missourian discusses opposition to a proposed bike lanes, if it means eliminating on-street parking.  This got me thinking about one of my pet peeves.  Here’s the problem: motorists are annoyed by slow moving bicycles and want…  read more

Running on Empty

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Ever wonder what our streets would look like without cars?  Ross Ching recently released a video with some time lapse magic to show what the streets of LA would be like without any cars. Running on Empty from Ross Ching on Vimeo. Is anyone else simply appalled by the vast infrastructure dedicated to the personal…  read more

Vulnerable Roadway User – Update

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Thanks to the four hearty souls who managed to hold out until it was our turn to talk at the hearing!  By the time we were finished with testimony, it was 8:30pm! If you were one of the other people who had to leave, you can email the committee with a written testimony and it…  read more

Vulnerable Roadway Bill Introduced in Senate

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Thanks to Senators Sosnowski, Tassoni, Lanzi, and Lynch a version of the vulnerable roadway users bill has also been introduced in the Senate (S0669).  This bill has been referred to senate judiciary, but does not yet have a hearing scheduled. In particular, it states: any person, while operating a motor vehicle on a street or…  read more

Vulnerable Roadway User Bill (H5865) Hearing Scheduled

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According to an update posted on the H5865 legislative status page, the vulnerable roadway user bill is scheduled for a hearing on 3/30/2011.  We don’t know a time yet, but please pencil in this day on your calendars.  Once we have a time, we will send out another update. People will need to come out…  read more

Moving Beyond the Automobile

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The people over at Streetfilms.org are running a 10 week series on how to Move Beyond the Automobile.  They are about halfway through the series already, but have already released one just over three minutes long on bicycling:   Moving Beyond the Automobile: Biking from Streetfilms on Vimeo.   I’d encourage everyone to check out…  read more

“vulnerable road user” bill filed in RI

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At our request Representative Joe McNamara (D-Warwick) has filed H5865 which increases the penalties if a “reckless” driver seriously injures or kills a vulnerable road user, which includes bicyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users, highway workers, skateboarders, those driving animals or ag equipment. The bill was assigned to House Judiciary , the Committee that last year approved…  read more

A DOT “cozy” with bike advocates? If only…

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New Yorkers with ties to a former transportation commissioner and Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer’s wife are suing New York City for a bike lane they say decreased safety on a street through a wealthy Brooklyn neighborhood. In the lawsuit filed yesterday in the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, the New Yorkers allege that the city’s…  read more