Author: Richard Masoner

A perpetual golden hour

Richard MasonerSeptember 14, 20152 Comments on A perpetual golden hour

A cyclist rides a bicycle beneath a smoke-filled sky on Warldlaw Street on September 13, 2015 in Middletown, California.

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Fortified theft-resistant lights

Richard MasonerSeptember 14, 20151 Comment on Fortified theft-resistant lights

If you lock your bike outside with a typical quick-release bike light, you risk losing your light to theft. Way back in 2012, Slava Menn successfully funded his Gotham theft-resistant bike lights after a buddy lost his lights to theft. Since then, Menn started Fortified Bicycle Company to market theft-proof lights and other components to enhance bicycle security.

Fortified locking bicycle lights mounted to bike

Menn sent me his two latest lights — the Fortified Boost Aviator headlight, and the Fortified Boost Afterburner tail light. Like his other lights, they attach to the bike using screws with uncommon heads that a typical component thief (hopefully) doesn’t carry.

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Should I require liability waivers for San Jose Bike Train?

Richard MasonerSeptember 10, 201510 Comments on Should I require liability waivers for San Jose Bike Train?

Because I organize San Jose Bike Train — the twice monthly bike ride to encourage people to try commuting by bike across the city of San Jose — I’ve opened myself up to liability. I’ve realized this from the start, but think about the potential impact only occasionally.

If you don't crash you're not trying hard enough

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San Jose & Milpitas: Opportunity for bike facilities across I-680

Richard MasonerSeptember 9, 20151 Comment on San Jose & Milpitas: Opportunity for bike facilities across I-680

Happy Spare the Air Day, Bay Area. With BART passenger service between San Jose and Alameda County on track to begin in 2018, VTA begins planning to doom yet another South Bay transit service to low ridership with a planned expansion for I-680.

VTA and Caltrans are preparing the I-680 Corridor Study to develop a strategic plan for I-680 in Santa Clara County. According to VTA, the intent of the study is to identify and address traffic congestion, pedestrian and bicycle access and accommodation, transit connectivity and any other transportation-related issues along the corridor.

I-680 Corridor Study San Jose and Milpitas