Huffington Post
2/4/15
[…] A new underground bicycle park with miles of dirt trails, jumps and stunt courses is being built inside an abandoned limestone mine in Louisville that has been recycled into a popular tourist attraction. The owners of the 320,000-square foot park say it will be the largest indoor course in the nation. […]
Washington Post
2/4/15
[…] look at the map above (be sure to click for the huge version!). It shows the regions in the U.S. with the highest percentage of bridges deemed by the Federal Highway Administration as “structurally deficient.” […]
Denver Post
2/4/15
[…] Authorities in Douglas County have identified a man accused of crashing into a school bus Tuesday while driving twice the speed limit in a construction zone.
The sheriff’s office said the man ran away after the crash, attempting to open the doors of cars waiting in traffic in a failed effort to flee. […]
NBC News San Diego
2/3/15
[…] A fourth pedestrian death along San Diego City streets this year has one local organization calling out to the city administration for help. […] considers the intersection where Saturday’s incident took place the most dangerous section of road in the city. […]
The Guardian
2/3/15
[…] In 2014, the state saw a spate of high-profile bicycle deaths in some of its largest cities. It was also demoted in an annual bicycle-friendliness ranking of the 50 states issued by the League of American Bicyclists. […]
Chicago Sun Times
1/27/15
[…] Durbin asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to “immediately and fully” investigate the accident to determine if the driver or his employer, DND International, violated rules limiting the number of hours a driver can be on the road, and take steps to ensure every trucking company complies with the law. […] The driver of the second semi—Renato V. Velasquez, 46, of Hanover Park—was charged with four felony counts of operating a commercial motor vehicle while impaired or fatigued, making a false report of a record and duty status, and driving beyond the 14- and 11-hour rules, according to Illinois State Police. He has pleaded not guilty. […]
Bloomberg News
1/13/15
[…] Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities have risen for four straight years, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. […] The accidents that injured comedian Tracy Morgan in June and killed four members of a college softball team in September cast new light on America’s 2 million truckers, who are involved in crashes that kill almost 4,000 people a year. […]
WGN Chicago
2/2/15
[…] On any given day the nation’s roads are loaded with buses and semi-tractor trailers. The heavy vehicles have been linked to some of the deadliest accidents on the road. […]
road.cc – Campaign SKC (Stop Killing Cyclists on Facebook)
2/3/15
[…] We ask as many of you as possible to attend and to remember our fellow cyclist as well as highlighting for the second time in just two weeks, the need for space and decent infrastructure for cyclists. […]
London Evening Standard
2/3/15
The girlfriend of a cyclist killed by a pensioner who pressed the accelerator instead of the brake today branded the justice system “a joke” after the driver walked free. […] Judge Kennedy said there were “no winners, only losers” in the case. […]
