July 26, 20121 Comment on Los Gatos Police: Watch that left cross!
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Man who died Friday while riding his bicycle in Berkeley was renowned psychology professor Shlomo Bentin. More in the Mercury News.
June 18, 201240 Comments on Family of cyclist sues Strava
Two years ago, William “Kim” Flint was killed on his bicycle as he allegedly tried to beat a Strava speed record. This morning, his survivors say they plan to file a negligence lawsuit against San Francisco-based Strava, claiming Strava are responsible for ensuring the crowd-sourced routes are safe.
June 14, 20126 Comments on Human Transit
A year ago last spring I attended Transportation Camp in San Francisco. This was a gathering of transportation wonks and users who came together to come up with new ideas and solutions to improve transportation. I mostly participated in the public transportation discussions, where the professionals and the schmucks like me mostly talked past each other on ideas to improve public transportation.
This morning, I’m watching the tweets from everybody caught up in today’s Transbay quagmire, and I’m reminded of my frustration with that conference. But things are different for me today. Now I am informed because I have Read A Book on the topic of public transportation.
May 31, 20123 Comments on 13 bicycle crashes times two
While looking at the California Bicycle Crash Map last night I noticed something interesting: Although Southern California has twice the population of Northern California, the same number of bike crashes — thirteen — are reported to the California Highway Patrol for each region.
May 29, 20126 Comments on California Traffic Update
Mobile phone video cameras, Memorial Day traffic death toll, bicycle collisions, and more on California bicycle safety.
Gary Richards at the Mercury News writes on the legality of shooting video wile driving to catch all of those other scofflaws in the act!