March 12, 20125 Comments on Legal action against Ohio bike volunteers
Volunteers on a city Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) in Beavercreek, Ohio were threatened with criminal legal sanction — including possible “fines and imprisonment” — for “practicing engineering without a license” after a city engineer sent a complaint letter about those do-gooders to the Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors.
January 13, 20121 Comment on Specialized vs Volagi verdict
In Specialized’s lawsuit against Volagi, Specialized was awarded $1 in the breach of contract charge, while the intellectual property accusations were dropped.
January 5, 201211 Comments on Volagi courts public opinion
It appears Specialized Bicycle’s intellectual property lawsuit against Volagi will be a high profile knockdown dragout as Volagi’s principles use social media to tell their side of the story.
January 2, 20129 Comments on 3 foot law for Indiana?
Indiana Senator John Broden (D – South Bend) plans to introduce SB 101, which changes the definition of “bicycle” in Indiana’s vehicle code, adds a requirement for a minimum 3 foot passing clearance, and allows drivers passing cyclist to pass in a no passing zone when it’s safe to do so.
More about this at attorney Doug Masson’s blog. Thank you to David Pulliam for the tip.
November 9, 20111 Comment on MAP 21 Senate hearing RIGHT NOW
Update: The Senate EPW Committee have unamimously voted to approve MAP-21. It moves to the Senate Floor. League of American Bicyclists says there will be other opportunities to snip the Federal road bike ban language from the bill, and they are organizing effort to get Senate attention on this.
The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is meeting right now to consider S.1813, the Senate Bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. This bill, called “MAP 21,” contains language that will ban cyclists from certain roads that are managed by Federal agencies.
November 8, 20114 Comments on Mandatory sidepath law in Federal highway bill