33 traffic fatalities — including 20 pedestrians and cyclists — in San Jose this year San Jose city council member Sam Liccardo formally kicked off his campaign for mayor yesterday. He currently represents the downtown district, and he’s known for his recent strong support for creative bicycle infrastructure throughout downtown. Four of the five candidates […]
A non-partisan caucus of legislators in the Japanese Diet (Kokkan) are moving forward on the creation of a Ministry of Bicycle Promotion (自転車担当相設置を – Jitensha Tanto Sho). Bicycle policy in Japan is determined by multiple agencies. The police establish the rules of the road, while the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism governs infrastructure, […]
My friend Janet Lafleur wrote a sweet story for the Mountain View (CA) Voice about family cycling. Most reader comments were positive, but there’s one in every crowd — the one who believes biking with children on a low-speed street such as Castro Street in Mountain View constitutes “child endangerment” and parents who bike with […]
I overlayed a Google map of the region over that famous 1896 California cycling map from George Blum’s 80 page guide to cycle touring. If I feel ambitious I might overlay a modern bike map – either Google’s bike layer, or the bike layer from OSM. You can download the original image from the Library […]
TransForm, the Bay Area organization formerly known as the Transportation and Land Use Coalition that works to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities, wants YOU at one of their photoshoots throughout San Jose throughout the day on Thursday, October 24, 2013. They want photos of all types of people riding buses, bikes, and trains […]
To serve the controversial Summerhill / Santa Clara Gardens development on the site of the former UC Bay Area Research and Extension Center (BAREC) near Valley Fair Mall, the city of San Jose reconfigured the intersection of Forest Avenue at Winchester Boulevard. The cities removed a signalized crosswalk to improve Level of Service across the […]