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Two new bike bills in the California legislature

April 30, 2013 – 9:30 am

Through the process known as “gut and amend,” two new bills that may affect cycling in the Golden State are on the legislative agenda for 2013.

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Monday morning bicycle news

April 1, 2013 – 7:00 am

Happy Monday, and happy April Fool’s Day. Lady Fleur asked me to participate in an April Fool’s Day prank involving cats and bicycles at the Caltrain station in San Jose this morning. I haven’t the least clue what she has in mind; she just said I need to “pretend you like cats.” For the latest, read more »

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Good Friday

March 29, 2013 – 12:15 pm

Rain is likely in my part of California over the weekend, but I know several people who plan loong (as in several hundred miles) bike trips anyhow. Have a great time and have a great Easter weekend. Bicycle news roundup below…

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Petition for three feet in California

March 11, 2013 – 12:30 pm

Two years in a row, Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach introduced a safe passing bill to the California legislature. Two years in a row, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bill in spite of heavy lobbying by California cyclists. Lowenthal has since moved on to the U.S. Congress, and nobody has yet taken up his safe-passing read more »

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Hockey Mashed Tea Oh My Ditto Goes Eye Mess

December 30, 2011 – 1:25 pm

That’s my traditional Japanese New Year greeting. Or, a little more properly: 明けましておめでとうございます!

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Bay Area call for transportation projects

March 1, 2011 – 1:38 pm

The San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which oversees planning and financing of transportation in the nine-county Bay Area, issued a Call for Projects for the for the Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS). This is part of the process to determine what major regional projects receive funding for the 2013 Transportation Plan.

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