Sunnyvale City Council to discuss Duane Avenue lane reduction tonight

Published / by Richard Masoner / 11 Comments on Sunnyvale City Council to discuss Duane Avenue lane reduction tonight

Update: City Council selects to remove parking and lanes on Duane Avenue to make room for buffered bike lanes. Tonight, the city council for Sunnyvale, California will discuss a city staff proposal to add bike lanes to a one mile segment of Duane Avenue between Stewart Drive and Fair Oaks Avenue. Space for the lanes […]

California politics: On the fence about 3 feet for safety?

Published / by Richard Masoner / 4 Comments on California politics: On the fence about 3 feet for safety?

I’ve been on the fence about California’s “3 Feet for Safety” act. Steven Bradford’s AB 1371 was brilliantly written. Subsequent amendments in committee in both chambers of the state legislator watered the bill down considerably, and many cyclist advocates in the Golden State have expressed reservations about the law as written. Section (d) of the […]

Bashar al-Assad rides a bicycle

Published / by Richard Masoner / 1 Comment on Bashar al-Assad rides a bicycle

I’m pretty sure this is a product endorsement that Cannondale would rather avoid. The President of Syria, who won the last Presidential election with an astounding 97% of the counted votes, enjoys a relaxing break from mass murder with a bicycle ride as one of his young children rides along. The Syrian dictator’s wife, Asma […]