August 31, 20113 Comments on Police threaten arrest for child biking to school
August 17, 20113 Comments on California town removes bike ban
This “no bicycles in street” sign on Fernleaf Avenue in Newport Beach, CA community of Corona del Mar illegally directs bike riders to walk their bikes on the adjacent sidewalk. Update: After action by local cyclists, the city said they’ll remove the sign and replace it with a warning.
August 15, 201117 Comments on Sidewalk riding
Peter Smith (Google Maps Bike There) stirs up controversy by advocating for sidewalk riding.
August 11, 20114 Comments on Black Hawk bike ban appeal to Supreme Court
August 4, 20114 Comments on Open discussion: Bicycle access on trains
I wrote a post on my new blog, Grid Chicago, about bicycle access on transit in Chicagoland. It’s that metropolitan area with Chicago, Illinois, as a hub and reaches to a small part of southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. We’ve got Metra trains (like Caltrain), and Chicago Transit Authority trains (like BART and Muni underground lines).
There are definitely ways to improve getting bikes on trains over here, and I opened up the discussion to readers to suggest improvements. I’m going to record everyone’s comments into a database so that when it comes time to push the transit agencies to make changes, we’ll know where to start.
August 3, 20116 Comments on Brown vetoes SB 582
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 582, the bill that authorizes transportation planning districts to mandate commute benefits that encourage transit, vanpools and bicycling to work.