SF Cyclists To Protest Stopping At Stop Signs With ‘Stop-In’
CBS
July 28, 2015
[…] The “stop-in,” as it’s called, challenges the San Francisco Park Police District’s proposal to increase enforcement measures by ticketing cyclists who don’t come to complete stops. […] But the Wigg Party, along with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, says enforcement is “diverting precious resources away” from the city’s Vision Zero project to prioritize street safety and prevent traffic deaths. […]
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. […]
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. […]
LA Times
May 28, 2015
[…] The California Assembly has approved a controversial bill to sanction and regulate lane-splitting by motorcyclists. California would be the first state to officially legalize the practice, which is already widely tolerated by state law enforcement officials. […]
**Oregon actually passed a law to allow lane splitting earlier this year, they were first.
New York Times
May 13, 2015
[…] Freight volumes are expected to increase by 24 percent in the next seven years. […] Spending on infrastructure in the United States has sunk to 1.7 percent of gross domestic product, a 20-year low. […]
Sioux Land Matters ABC News
3/20/15
[…] The proposal, legislative bill 31, is asking to only require helmets for motorcycle operators under the age of 21. Riders would still have to wear protective eye gear. […]
Sierra Club
3/23/15
[…] Make your voice heard on the plan to open some roads in Griffith Park to tourists who want access to the Hollywood sign. […] Indeed, congestion has reached the point where motorists have been stuck for over an hour inching their way up Western Canyon on their way to the Observatory. […]
Next City
3/19/15
[…] “Every year, as many as 50 fatalities and 1,200 serious pedestrian injuries could be prevented if the City reconstructs all arterial streets with complete street design changes,” it states. […]
The Hill
3/23/15
[…] The U.S. Conference of Mayors is urging Congress to pass legislation to prevent a shutdown in transportation funding this summer. […]
Omaha.com
3/19/15
[…] Due to the decrease in helmet use for the under-21 group, the NHTSA found, the incidence of serious traumatic brain injury for riders in that age group was 38 percent higher than in states with a universal helmet requirement. […] The number of injury crashes involving motorcycles increased from 1,146 in the two years before the change to 1,571, an increase of 37 percent. […]
