The California Highway Patrol reports 21 fatal traffic collisions over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Tag Archives: california
California highway collapse
November 23, 2011 – 12:00 pm
Tuesday’s most popular search phrase for people landing here at Cyclelicious has been ‘California Highway Collapse.’
Small city outspends big oil in lobbying dollars
November 2, 2011 – 11:33 am
This is interesting: the small town of Vernon, California (population 112), spent more for lobbying than the Western States Petroleum Assocation in Sacramento. Oil companies are historically the biggest spenders in Sacramento politics, but corruption in a small southern California city prompted a bonanza of lobbying dollars.
Brown vetoes 3 foot passing law
October 7, 2011 – 4:00 pm
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 910, the legislation which would mandate a minimum three foot distance for motorists passing cyclists when the speed is greater than 15 MPH. In his veto message, Brown writes, “Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol have raised legitimate concerns about other provisions such as the 15 MPH requirement. On read more
California cities and bicycle commuters
September 26, 2011 – 11:35 am
I’m looking at the LAB’s just released 2010 data on bicycle commute mode share. The LAB analyzed U.S. Census American Community Survey data from 375 cities to estimate the numbers of bike commuters in those cities. Davis, California tops the list with 22% of workers commuting by bike. A few other California cities tops Seattle’s read more
California legislative update
August 15, 2011 – 3:28 pm
Mid August 2011 update of what’s going on in the California legislature of issues that might be of interest to cyclists.
