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- Everyday People Thinking Up New Uses For Bicycles
- Knowledge, Technology And Social Networking Converge To Recover A Stolen Bicycle
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- Misinterpreting Statistics To Show Cyclists As Causing More Bike-Car Crashes Than Drivers
- Capitalizing On The Death Of Cyclists
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Improving Urban Cycling Safety By Giving Yourself An Out
I have been giving a great deal of thought to the riding instruction given to new urban riders by cycling experts. I’m not entirely certain what makes these people experts other than the fact that they have had some training … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling Advocacy, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Creating Cycling Safety By Leaving Yourself An Out, Cycling Safety, Strategic Riding, Taking The Lane
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Someone Thinks That Drivers Are Dumber Than We Do
Regular readers of this blog will recall the post I wrote a few days ago about the difference between bicycling advocates’ agendas and bicyclists’ interests. In that post, I mentioned a comment I received from a regular reader who, like … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling Advocacy, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Humorous Driver's Manuals, Massachusetts Registry Of Motor Vehicles, Sharing The Lane, Sharing The Road, State Produced Driver's Manuals
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Bicycling Advocates’ Agendas Versus Bicyclists’ Interests
I am a cyclist. Riding is what I do. It is what I have done for decades, and what I intend to do for decades to come. The miles I have put in have taught me a great deal beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Livable Cities
Tagged Bicycle Infrastructure, Bicycling Advocacy, Boston Cyclists Sharing The Lane With Cars, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cooperation Between Bicycles And Cars, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Rights, Riding A Bicycle In Boston, Traffic Laws
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Reading Comprehension Levels And Bicycling Blogs
Bicycling does not seem to be a difficult subject to understand. Nonetheless, most blogs are written on a third grade level (which — for my non-American readers — is one of the earliest school grades in the U.S.) — and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling Advocacy, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Rights, Motorist Hostility Towards Bicyclists, Reading Comprehension Skills And Grasping Concepts, Taking The Lane, Using Judgment To Know When To Take The Lane In Cycling
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The Border Between Dedicated Bike Lanes And No Man’s Land
There is a sign I pass all the time when I am heading west of the city. This sign has stood in that location for all of recent memory, looking more withered with each passing year, even though the surroundings … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Infrastructure, Bicycle Signs, Bicycling Advocacy, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cycling Safety, Where Bike Lanes Terminate
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Substitute Victim Impact Statements: Can Bicycle Advocates Speak For The Dead?
Dead cyclists cannot make victim impact statements when they are killed in a hit and run accident. They cannot speak for themselves or represent their own interests in any way. Nonetheless, some people think they can be represented in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling Advocacy, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Killed, Cyclist Rights, Motorist Kills Cyclist, Victim Impact Statements
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Child Mortality And The Rise Of Bicycling
A lot of people get killed by cars. Drivers get killed. Their passengers get killed. Pedestrians get killed. And, of course, cyclists get killed. Automobile proponents, in defense of their preferred mode of transportation, say that cars don’t kill, drivers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Infrastructure, Bicycling Advocacy, Building Safe Roads, Stop de Kindermoord, Sustainable Bicycle Transportation
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Controversies Over Bike Lanes In Residential Areas
Bike lanes are usually spoken of as a means of making it easier to commute and as an asset in bringing business into retail areas. In other words, the utilitarian side of bicycle accommodations is what people think of first. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Friendly Cities, Bicycle Infrastructure, Bicycling Advocacy, Bike Lane Installation, Bike Lane Protests, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cycling Safety
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Cycle Tracks Are Coming To A City Near You
I have lived in the Boston area for most of my life. And, I have ridden a bike for most of that time. Still, I never thought I would see cycle tracks — bike lanes separated from cars — in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling Advocacy, Connect Historic Boston Project, Cycle Tracks, Installing Bike Lanes, The Green Lane Project
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The Courage To Ride A Bicycle In The Face Of Adversity
In the U.S., we take the right to ride a bicycle for granted. It would never even occur to the average American that someone, in the 21st century, might be prohibited from riding a bike. It seems like such an … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan Women Fight For Their Rights, Afghan Women Riding Bicycles, Afghan Women's National Cycling Team, Anti-Cycling Views, Bicycling Advocacy, Women's Equality
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