Shout outs to: * Paul and Haniya of Urbana Bicycles, who are the most outrageous Canadians I know. * David “Fred” Bernstein, Mark “Ted” Stevenson and Jim “I did NOT mention doping!” Moss, with whom I appeared in a special video edition of The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable live video podcast. * Ted, Josh and Karen […]
Sharrows and “Bikes May Use Full Lane” Now in National Traffic Sign Standard This morning, the US Federal Highway Administration published a new edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The December 2009 Edition of the MUTCD contains a number of new standards that apply to bicycle facilities. A couple of interesting […]
Eric at Bike Denver writes about a Share the Road education campaign in Portland, Oregon. Traffic violators can have their tickets dismissed by taking a traffic safety class, same as many other locations. Something unique about Portland’s class, though, is the focus on safety for pedestrians, cyclists and children. This and other “Share the Road” […]
The city of Santa Rosa, California plans to convert Humboldt Street between Lewis Road and College Avenue into a “Bicycle Boulevard” to reduce speeding and cut through traffic, improve safety for all of the street users, and specifically increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists. Humboldt Street was first identified as a potential bicycle route by […]
I’m pretty sure I saw the fixed gear bike described here just a couple of weeks ago. I might even have a photo of this bike around somewhere. The bike is a silver and green road bike with short handle bars and no brakes with black tires and green rims. The main bar is wrapped […]
Update June 8, 2017: Your emails and phone calls made a difference; Caltrans District 4 had originally planned to install “bikes prohibited” signs on a portion of Skyline Boulevard through Daly City, California, but relented after several people who use this route told Caltrans that the suggested alternate routes on local roads are not acceptable. […]