5/4/15
[…] How do we look at the probability of failure, and its costs? Malcolm Gladwell addresses these issues in the New Yorker magazine of May 4, 2015 (pages 46 and following), pointing out that perfection is never achieved, and that emotion and media attention may skew public perceptions and regulatory action. […]
An 1899 Plan to Build A Bike Highway in Los Angeles (And Why It Failed)
Gizmodo
4/27/15
Over a century ago, the California Cycleway promised an elevated, dedicated bike path from Los Angeles to the nearby city of Pasadena. In this excerpt from the new book LAtitudes: An Angeleno’s Atlas, author Dan Koeppel tracks its path through Southern California—and discovers why it was never finished.
Bike lane improvements blooming all over SF
San Francisco Examiner
4/27/15
[…] More than 53 miles of safety improvements for new or existing bike lanes are planned for this year — an abundance not seen in San Francisco since 2012. […]
LA Times
4/24/15
[…] I’m very proud that along the very first route we did in 2010, downtown, I think 90% of it is now striped with bike lanes. And it had no stripes when we started. […]
KATU News Portland
4/15/15
[…] a national bike group even gave the city a “platinum bike friendly community” ranking.
Now, an online petition is asking the group to strip that status, claiming the city doesn’t deserve it. […]
Washington Post
4/15/2015
[…] Mandatory helmet laws and glow-in-the-dark spray paint just show who really owns the roads. […] Please. Cycling head injury statistics are so ambiguous that even the federal government has been forced to stop exaggerating the effectiveness of bicycle helmets under the Data Quality Act. […]
NBC News
4/23/2015
About 1 million bikes from Trek Bicycle Corp. are being recalled after a flaw in their quick-release lever caused injuries to riders, including one who became paralyzed. […]
WNYC
3/31/15
[…] Including, for the first time ever, protected bike lanes — something that has long been of big interest in that community. […] According to city data, there were 38 traffic fatalities and 448 severe injuries on that roadway from 2003 to 2013. […]
San Diego CBS News 8
3/28/15
[…] University Avenue is the most dangerous corridor for bicyclists and pedestrians, according to one local non-profit, and that problem would be addressed in a new plan, but it could also remove – at the maximum – some 90 parking spots in the neighborhood, which merchants are not supporting. […]
