"After the [bike] signal was installed, the percentage of people on bikes disregarding the signal dropped from 66 percent to 13 percent."

"I can't help but think of the Interbike show, which will soon descend on the Strip, as it does every year. It's a jarring juxtaposition: the broken built environment on the outside and the manicured bike utopia on the inside."

"The Adventures of Spike Bike were posted to the rec.bicycles newsgroup in 1989 by Robert Fishell. The posted articles are presented here in unedited format for your reading pleasure." haven't actually read it yet, just looked up an old link and discovered it was 404.

"Yes, you heard that right. The mother, who was also struck and injured, was charged with vehicular homicide, second degree, in the death of her son."

"Felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger's profession" - well then maybe he SHOULDN'T HAVE HIT A BICYCLIST WITH HIS CAR.

"Anyway, I found it interesting to look up some actual facts regarding autos and bikes."

"This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized." (I think he puts the emphasis in the wrong place: the key bit is "at the expense of non-motorized")

"f we wish to be thought of as equals on the road, perhaps we should rethink the attitudes by which we segregate ourselves from the rest of society"

"advocacy group[s] need to turn down the volume on aggressively promoting bike helmets for low-speed urban bicycle commuting."

From the study: "The principal trend that emerges from the papers reviewed here is that clearly-marked, bike-specific facilities (i.e. cycle tracks at roundabouts, bike routes, bike lanes, and bike paths) were consistently shown to provide improved safety for cyclists compared to on-road cycling with traffic or off-road with pedestrians and other users." The CW trail can actually get pretty dicey in nice weather in the afternoon, lots of walkers.

Unless you've been drinking, killing a cyclist is a minor traffic ticket. WTF?!?!?!?! "people who don't control their vicious dogs face more criminal culpability than drivers for negligence behind the wheel"

"Consultants find the city doesn't need more spaces, it needs to change how they are used. New pricing model aims to promote walking, biking or busing, freeing up prime spaces for short-term shoppers." nice example of something I blogged about earlier. (interesting Pasadena tie-in, too. I think that happened after I left.)

good for them. (no, really. I like that they did something positive from a complaint.)

"He has three bikes in Washington and five here, and he cycles in all weather, even in the unusual snow Portland has had recently." delightful! I'm also intrigued by his interest in federally subsidized flood insurance, esp after the last couple of winters. Includes obligatory bike-vs-car showdown reference

"The truth is that less than 3 percent of the region's total transportation funds are spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects and programs, while 37 percent of the region's population — the old, the young, the disabled, the poor and those who don't own cars — cannot or does not drive." Also noted: local roads are paid for not by gas taxes, but by sales/property tax.

"A bicyclist who became irate at another bicyclist for saying he should get a light on his bike followed the man home, grabbed him by the head, twisted him to the ground and then kneed him in the ribs before pedaling away, police said." In Madison.

"My point is that it's hypocritical to call your neighbor rude, because his loud stereo makes it difficult for you to focus on your backyard chainsaw sculpting." also, interesting distinction between "catching an orange" and "jaybiking", and the psychological issues involved.

"this week, we’ll continue with a discussion of how anger becomes road rage, and strategies for changing the cycling environment for the better" (unstated, but fairly obvious: testosterone much?)

"For example, on a street with a stop sign every 300 feet, calculations predict that the average speed of a 150-pound rider putting out 100 watts of power will diminish by about forty percent." I know the feeling. Yield signs FTW?

that is a seriously f'd up short story. (violent cyclist fantasy)

NYT article about conflict between bikes, cars & peds. should probably send to Kelly @ the city.