Skip to content

Tag Archives: bicycle education

Cycling Savvy

My friend Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando, has been working on a new bicycling education program for many weeks. The results of her hard work may now be found at Cycling Savvy. If you want to learn to ride a bicycle in traffic with ease and confidence, this is a great place to start. I [...]

Posted 29 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Myth Busting in the News-Leader

STAR Team members David Hutchison, Coy Hart, and Valerie Griffen wrote an op-ed for the News-Leader to do a little myth-busting following Springfield’s earning a bronze-level bicycle-friendly community award. The chatter in the comments has been interesting so far — most concerned with bicyclists following traffic laws. I think it is clear that (in the [...]

Posted 02 June 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology § news § policy ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Lane Positioning and Safety

Check out Keri Caffrey’s latest post about lane positioning and safety at Commute Orlando: A significant contributor in crashes between cars and bikes is poor lane positioning by the cyclist. Riding too far right makes the cyclist hard to see and encourages motorists to squeeze past—dangerously close—in narrow lanes. In an effort to increase cycling [...]

Posted 15 April 2010 † Andy Cline § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: , , ,

LAB and the Future of Bicycling

Mighk Wilson, of Bicycling Is Better, has decided not to renew his membership to the League of American Bicyclists. He’s a guy with a lot of serious bicycling cred. So when he says the following, I’m inclined to listen: I don’t want this to be seen as a League-bashing exercise.  I’ve been wondering if I [...]

Posted 15 February 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Risk and Rewards

Charles Pelkey’s bicycle safety article in the VeloNews makes this claim: Getting a precise breakdown of the actual risks per mile is a bit more difficult, but a rough analysis of 2005 fatalities would suggest that riders are between three and 10 times more likely to die per mile traveled than are drivers. Sounds scary. [...]

Posted 28 January 2010 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

A Lesson in Lane Positioning

Take that you horn honker! Who are you honking at? from Keri Caffrey on Vimeo. Such smooth video! This weekend I’ll finally get around to showing you some of Keri Caffrey’s video of our two rides in Orlando earlier this month. My excuse for not posting it sooner: The first two weeks of a new [...]

Posted 21 January 2010 † Andy Cline § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , ,

NYC Bicycle Rules

Click here to check out the Biking Rules handbook for New York City published by Transportation Alternatives. Its “mission is to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives.” The book is remarkably comprehensive. You don’t have to live in NYC [...]

Posted 28 November 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § bicycle safety § ecology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Educating the Police

My recent article on educating the police has been published in Momentum Magazine. The focus is on Robert Johnson of PedNet in Columbia, Missouri and the efforts there to create an effective partnership with police. From the article: Robert Johnson, the education coordinator for PedNet in Columbia, Missouri, will look you right in the eye [...]

Posted 18 November 2009 † Andy Cline § advocacy § ecology ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: ,