January 26, 20125 Comments on Cyclist shoots, kills teen on trail
A 64 year old man riding his bicycle on a trail in Berks County, Pennsylvania was attacked and knocked to the ground by a group of teens. The cyclist drew his gun and shot two of the teens, sending one of them to the hospital and the other to the morgue. After questioning, police released the cyclist and arrested a third teen who was not shot.
More at The Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle, WFMZ TV and WGAL 8. Via Marcus Santiago in New Delhi.
January 20, 20123 Comments on Manhattan Bike Lifecycle
January 19, 20121 Comment on Infographic: Bay Area stolen bikes
Joe @ Bike Commute News pointed me to a nifty infographic showing the breakdown of stolen bike Craigslist pleas throughout the Bay Area.
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November 10, 20119 Comments on Bike paths, personal safety and MAP-21
This is the time of year when we start to hear occasional reports of strong arm attacks against evening bike commuters on remote, isolated bike paths. Thugs with baseball bats and pipes loiter along the side of the path. When a lone target zips by, the bad guys swing their bat, knock the cyclist from his or her bike, steal the cyclist’s backpack and ride away on the bike.
I know a few women who don’t ride on bike paths after dark because of personal safety concerns. Bike paths are usually not lit well at night and are generally unpopulated. In many areas, bike trails aren’t even officially open to the public at night. Only rarely are bike trails patrolled at night.
Senators Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe would force these women to ride on dark, potentially unsafe trails should their MAP-21 highway authorization bill become law. MAP-21 is the spending bill that would ban bikes from certain roads under Federal jurisdiction under the guise of “bicycle safety.”
October 18, 20114 Comments on Profiling suspected bike thieves
Cheers to Lancashire, England police for their aggressive bicycle anti-theft campaign. Jeers for their apparently heavy handed application of “stop and show proof”. Police in Lancashire, England stop cyclists and ask them to show proof of ownership in anti-theft campaign.