Feature

Two thoughts on bike lanes

July 9, 2009
By Twodeadpoets

EcoVelo » Blog Archive » One Foot in Each Camp: Ecovelo “A debate regarding the validity of separated bicycling facilities has raged on non-stop for many years. On one side there is John Forester and the bicyclists and planners who support a strictly vehicular approach to bicycling based upon using our current road system,...
Read more »

Posted in Feature | No Comments »

Bicyclists are changing our streets and cities

April 17, 2009
By cdcolburn
Bicyclists are changing our streets and cities

Bicyclists are changing our streets and cities ~ SeattlePI.com In Portland, where he is a political writer with The Oregonian, Mapes’ bike commutes were made safer when the city shut down one entrance ramp to the Hawthorne Bridge that was causing bike-car conflicts. “A movement has grown slowly, under the radar screen, which people...
Read more »

Posted in Feature | No Comments »

Rolling Stops: Get Ready to Rumble

April 14, 2009
By cdcolburn
Rolling Stops: Get Ready to Rumble

I see a fight on the horizon, and it ain’t going to look pretty!  Motorist vs cyclists! Bicycles, Rolling Stops, and the Idaho Stop from Spencer Boomhower on Vimeo. Story credit to EcoVelo
Read more »

Posted in Feature | No Comments »

The physics of why bicyclists hate stop signs – Hard Drive

April 12, 2009
By cdcolburn
The physics of why bicyclists hate stop signs – Hard Drive

The physics of why bicyclists hate stop signs – Hard Drive “In their essay ‘Why Bicyclists Hate Stop Signs,’ University of California physics professor Joel Fajans and Access transportation journal editor Melanie Curry write that requiring cyclists to follow the same complete-stop rules as motorists defies science. ‘While car drivers simply sigh at the...
Read more »

Posted in Feature | No Comments »

Seattle’s Doing It

January 29, 2009
By cdcolburn
Seattle’s Doing It

SDOT Creates On-Street Bicycle Parking Working to support the city’s growing number of bicyclists, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will create on-street bicycle parking in neighborhoods around Seattle. With a goal of having one to two per neighborhood, the department will install these unique bike facilities at three locations starting next week. Taking...
Read more »

Posted in Feature | No Comments »

Calendar

    September 2010
    S M T W T F S
    « Mar    
     1234
    567891011
    12131415161718
    19202122232425
    2627282930  
UA-8557274-3