By now you’ve seen the Google self driving bicycle video. I began planning for today about six months ago when I talked with a film studies student at UC Santa Cruz about creating a video for the same concept of an autonomous bicycle. We began the process of storyboarding and conceptualizing the look of the […]
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, rides a bicycle around Alvorada Palace in Brasilia accompanied by her security detail. Embed from Getty Images The Lava Jato scandal has embroiled her presidency, when a young prosecutor investigations into corporate corruption at Petrobras and other large companies began revealing high level political involvement. The National Congress is considering […]
The Santa Clara (CA) Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) are updating the county bike plan. Three public workshops are scheduled this week beginning TONIGHT so you can give your input on where bicycle improvements are most needed.
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 […]
Caltrans announced the launch of the planning process for the first California State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. They seek public input for a new comprehensive plan that will focus on improving safety and access for everyone across all transportation modes, particularly for those on foot and on bikes.
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.