April 11, 2016Leave a Comment
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition has opened the Virtual Bike Route Scout service to the general public. Virtual Route Scouts are volunteers who provide personalized routing advice for those who need bike-friendly directions within Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in the San Francisco Bay region of California.
More at Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: Virtual Route Scouts.
April 6, 20165 Comments on I haven’t talked about carnage in a while
After a posting to Nextdoor from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) announcing a community workshop for the county bike plan update, a couple of people left typical hater comments in response.
I know this isn’t exactly news, but it’s nice to see these two comments received a total of 20 “Thanks” (and from the same 10 people, no less), compared to 64 “Thanks” on the positive comment. On Nextdoor, these are the equivalent of Likes, Faves, or Pluses on other social media platforms.
Not mentioned in the hater comments are the usual bugaboo of scofflaw cyclists, but I’ve seen these following other recent stories involving bicycles. I haven’t mentioned the carnage caused by cars in a long time, but people tend to forget so it’s time for a revisit.
March 28, 20162 Comments on Yet Another Study shows link between driving to work, obesity
Your daily drive to work not only slowly kills everyone around you, it slowly kills you as well.
In the largest study of its kind, British researchers found adults who commute to work via cycling or walking have lower body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) measures in mid-life compared to adults who commute via car, according to a new study in March 16 2016 issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
March 24, 20161 Comment on Bicycle right-of-way bill in Illinois General Assembly
Here’s an interesting bill introduced by Democrat Representative Anna Moeller of Elgin. HB 5912 would add a single sentence to the Illinois Vehicle Code:
Sec. 11-903.5. Bicycles. A driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right-of-way to any person operating a bicycle.
March 23, 2016Leave a Comment
Steal a bike from a public school or college campus in Arizona and you may have a felony record if Arizona SB 1481 passes.
March 16, 20161 Comment on DC area cyclists organize rides to help commuters trapped by transit emergency stoppage
After Washington DC’s Metro transit service announced an emergency 24-hour shutdown of the rail service for safety reasons, the half-million people who depend on Metro for their transportation needs everyday scrambled for alternatives. Among those alternatives: impromptu group rides into and out of DC organized under the hashtag #wmatabikepool.
it's official #wmatabikepool is a thing…lots of meetups being planned right now. Are you planning on a little early #biketoworkday ?
— Kate Ryan (@KateRyanWTOP) March 15, 2016