This Is What Happened When Bicyclists Obeyed Traffic Laws Along The Wiggle Yesterday
July 30, 2015
SF Weekly
[…] Riders arrived at every stop sign in a single file, coming to a complete stop and filing through the intersection only once they were given the right-of-way. The law-abiding act of civil disobedience snarled traffic almost immediately. […]
SFPD’s Park Station Diverting Resources Away From Vision Zero
Streetsblog SF
7/16/15
[…] In consecutive community meetings, San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) leadership at Park Station detailed a coming crackdown against people biking. […] As part of SFPD’s commitment to achieving Vision Zero, Chief Suhr announced “Focus on the Five” — a promise that 50 percent of all SFPD citations for traffic violations would be for the five most dangerous traffic behaviors. […]
Proposed bike lanes on Westwood Boulevard
KPCC 89.3
7/21/15
[…] Supporters of the bike lanes say there have been a significant number of accidents, involving motorists, and many cyclists nearly missed by vehicles. Critics say the safety of cyclists will be impaired. […]
Budget and tax: a highway bill, a tax extenders bill and two weeks left in July
Washington Post
7/21/15
[…] Two of the amendments “deal with Obamacare (one would repeal the law entirely),” the Free Beacon writes. […] The amendments, most of which have nothing to do with paying the federal share of transportation investment, could create a headache for McConnell by jeopardizing the underlying bill that he has worked for days to negotiate. […]
Westwood bike lane proposal ignites strong feelings on both sides
LA Times
7/21/15
[…] “It’s hard for me to take when all these people are getting hit out there.”
California Highway Patrol figures show that from 2002 through 2013, 52 bicycle accidents were reported along a stretch of Westwood Boulevard between Le Conte and National Avenue, 35 of them blamed on motorists. […]
Activists sue Los Angeles over Hyperion Bridge design’s single sidewalk
LA Times
7/10/15
[…] The decision pitted residents and businesses loath to lose a car lane against bicyclists, pedestrian activists and neighborhood groups who said the design would discriminate against the disabled and discourage walking.
The writ of mandate, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, says officials should have prepared a full environmental impact report before approving the project. […]
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It
WIRED
7/21/15
[…] Miller and Valasek’s full arsenal includes functions that at lower speeds fully kill the engine, abruptly engage the brakes, or disable them altogether. The most disturbing maneuver came when they cut the Jeep’s brakes, leaving me frantically pumping the pedal as the 2-ton SUV slid uncontrollably into a ditch. […]
Chris Boardman hits back at critics after riding without helmet
Cycling Weekly
11/3/2014
[…] The British Cycling policy advisor drew the ire of cycling campaigners for appearing in the video wearing dark clothing and no helmet in the clip, which aired this morning […] Boardman says he also believes that helmets are a barrier to cycling for some people and insists the real dangers to cyclists need to be addressed first. […]
Female cyclists bear brunt of bad driving and harassment, study finds
Guardian
6/11/15
[…] Female cyclists are almost twice as likely as their male counterparts to be subjected to harassment or bad driving, according to a study that describes such frightening events as an everyday experience for most UK cyclists.
Much of this gender imbalance appears to be caused by drivers’ impatience with the fact that women tend to be slower cyclists, according to the research, a finding that runs contrary to the media stereotype of speedy, Lycra-clad riders being a focus of hostility. […]
Sabotage and hatred: what have people got against cyclists?
The Guardian
7/1/15
Cycling is bigger than ever in the UK but it has provoked a poisonous backlash. Recent incidents involving tacks scattered on roads and neck-high wire strung across cycle paths have taken the vilification of ‘Lycra louts’ to a whole new level
