Month: May 2010

Florida mandatory bike lane law

Richard MasonerMay 5, 20109 Comments on Florida mandatory bike lane law

Florida cyclists are asking you to call the office of Governor Charlie Crist now to veto the Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles bill, which adds a mandatory bike lane provision to Florida law. If this law is enacted, Florida will join six other states with discriminatory bike lane laws that require bike lane use by cyclists (with the standard exemptions).

Read the details here, and good luck Florida.

The Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles bill is an omnibus 81 page bill that rewrites big sections of Florida statute related to motor vehicle regulations. Just the introduction that provides an overview of the changes runs to nearly nine pages. The Florida legislature acted with blinding speed on this one — it first went to committee on March 17, and the house and senate both passed this bill with unanimous votes at the end of April.

There is no bike caucus in the Florida legislature, and this stuff can be hard to catch with the typically small volunteer staffs used by almost all local bike advocacy groups.

Learn how to take action here.

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Bicycle jobs

Richard MasonerMay 4, 2010Leave a Comment

Felt Bicycles: Bicycle Production Graphic Designer (California).

Freelance bicycle jersey design.

Bicycle Colorado event representative volunteer.

Somebody wants a freelance writer to write a 300 page book on starting and marketing a bike shop ” in the new localized economy.”

Trek Bicycles seeks Environmental / Trade Show Designer and a Visual Designer.

Santa Monica Bicycle Tour Guide.

Fascinating to me that this Web Application Engineer job posting in Portland, OR lists bike friendliness as a big positive.

Napa County Bike Coalition Executive Director.

Specialized Bicycles Store Design Manager, Jr Designer, Machine Operator. (California)

Transform in Oakland CA seeks Chief Operating Officer.

Helmet Design Engineer

Marin Bikes seeks graphic design coordinator.

Pedro’s needs a Sales Director and a Buyer / Planner (Massachusetts).

“Growing company in the bicycle industry” seeks salesman for southern USA (Texas & Oklahoma).

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Steve Nash rides a bicycle

Richard MasonerMay 4, 20101 Comment on Steve Nash rides a bicycle

Pro Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash rides a bicycle to a Sports Illustrated interview.

Outside, a guy on a silver mountain bike glides up to the valet parking stand. Steve Nash hands his bike to the valets. They park his bike in the lot between a couple of Cadillacs. Nash seems to be the only soul in the place who’s real.

Full interview here. H/T to Bike Intelligencer.

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Cargo bike compare & contrast

Richard MasonerMay 3, 20105 Comments on Cargo bike compare & contrast

There’s a nice writeup on five kid and cargo carriers at Treehugger today. They looked at the Yuba Mundo (v. 3.0), Taga trike / stroller, Stokemonkey + Xtracycle, Bakfiets, and one handmade bike — the ShuttleBug from Joe Bike in Portland, OR.

After you’ve read the Treehugger article, come back here to see a few other options you may not have heard of!

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