A hit and run driver killed a cyclist Monday afternoon on the Taylor Street overpass over Highway 87. This is the third cyclist fatality in the Bay Area’s largest city in a week. View Larger Map I’ll promote a comment left earlier this morning by San Jose resident Mark Saurwald. Saurwald has previously brought up read more
You might remember Leyla Beban, the 14 year old girl who was killed while riding to school on Jefferson Avenue, Redwood City, California last November.
David Martinez “collided with a car” (says the Fremont Patch in a lovely exception to the usual passive voice in crash journalism, along with the usual victim blaming in the reader comments) early Monday morning on Paseo Padre Parkway in Fremont, CA. According to news reports, Martinez was pronounced at the scene after rescuers failed read more
March 22 2013 Update: Redwood City Police determine driver not at fault in this fatal right hook. The scope of the Farm Hill Boulevard traffic calming proposal in Redwood City, California just happens to include the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Alameda De Las Pulgas, where the driver of a pickup truck apparently made a read more
Sad news from Chico, California. Long time bike advocate Ed McLaughlin passed this morning. Chico Enterprise-Record: Chico bicycle advocate Ed McLaughlin dies. McLaughlin has promoted cycling in his town north of Sacramento for decades. He was paralyzed after he hit a bike path bollard in 2007. Condolences to his family and to his many friends. read more
The League of American Cyclists announced their “Every Bicyclist Counts” project, which will chronicle news and police reports of cyclists killed on America’s roadways.
