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
The Psychology Of Why Cyclists Enrage Car Drivers
BBC
2/12/13
[…] As I write this one of the latest tweets is this: “Had enough of cyclists today! Just wanna ram them with my car.” […]
Road tax, red lights and lycra: the cycling ignorance quiz
The Guardian
July 3, 2015
[…] Earlier this week, my colleague Peter Walker wrote in-depth about the recent backlash against cycling, which has ranged from damaging media representations to tacks being left on the road and wires strung across popular cycle paths.
The piece received thousands of comments, many of them supportive of the article but many repeating the kind of generalisations and stereotypes it set out to challenge. […]
Cyclists Can Ignore Some Traffic Lights, Paris Announces
KPBS
July 9, 2015
[…] The new policy follows several years of an experiment in which Paris allowed cyclists to pass through intersections more fluidly. The city says the test demonstrated that “the passage of cyclists through red lights isn’t accident-prone and avoids certain conflicts between cyclists and vehicles that are stopped at lights” – notably those cases in which a bike is in a car’s blind spot. […]
Bike-sharing as a bridge between commute gaps
LA Times
7/7/2015
[…] Bike-share, which is available in most major U.S. cities and 25 countries in Europe, could translate well to car-choked Los Angeles, where officials are pushing to reduce driving. […] Bike-share is slated to debut downtown in the spring, and will probably expand to Pasadena the following year, with possible future sites in Hollywood, Venice and East Los Angeles. L.A. officials have sung the system’s praises, saying it could eliminate some car trips, make transit use more fun and help the city look more in step with London, New York City and Paris, which have their own bike networks. […]
Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraordinarily dangerous
Economist
July 4, 2015
[…] These numbers are better than a few decades ago, but still far worse than in any other developed country. […] If American roads were as safe per-mile-driven as Ireland’s, the number of lives saved each year would be equivalent to preventing all the murders in the country. […]
Walking in L.A.: Times analysis finds the county’s 817 most dangerous intersections
LA Times
7/12/2015
[…] A Los Angeles Times analysis shows nearly a quarter of traffic accidents involving a pedestrian occur at less than 1% of the city’s intersections. […]
Pedestrians were involved in 1 in 10 traffic accidents in Los Angeles from 2002 through 2013, but represented more than 35% of road deaths. […]
Bike Shop Owner: Truck Crash into Store was No Accident
Tulsa ABC News
7/12/2015
A Bixby bike shop owner says a truck that rammed into his store, causing thousands of dollars in damage, was an intentional act. […] Store owner Buster Brown said it’s because whoever did it, tied a rope to the steering wheel, placed something heavy on the accelerator, and let the truck do the rest. […]
