The Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation is looking for feedback on its proposed 2012 legislative agenda. Below is a graphic showing my suggestions (click for larger image). For more on my opposition to the 3-foot passing law (why it is a really bad idea), check out these posts: I Want More Than three Feet What [...]
The rationale for segregation is deficiency. The rationale for control is deficiency. We call for the segregation of bicyclists and motorists because both are presumed deficient and unwilling or unable to avoid colliding with one another. We call for our governments to control motorists and cyclists with increasingly prescriptive laws and enforcement for the same [...]
The Holy Grail of bicycle advocacy is numbers of kiesters in saddles on two wheels on the road. Some advocates are willing to do almost anything to increase participation — including putting novices in danger. There’s a “but”: It appears rather clear that the more people who ride bicycles in a given area the safer [...]
You want to increase bicycle participation and safety for all road users? Apparently the way to do it is create a bicycle-friendly city — one with a dense grid pattern, narrow streets, and calmed traffic. That almost sounds like the urban core of Springfield. Beyond Safety in Numbers discusses the work of Norman Garrick and [...]
Five members of the STAR Team of Ozarks Greenways toured the bicycle/pedestrian facilities in Columbia, Mo. on June 23-24. Columbia has earned a silver level Bicycle Friendly Community award from the League of American Bicyclists. GetAbout Columbia is the city program primarily responsible for the infrastructure. From its website: In 2006, Columbia, Missouri was selected [...]
The Sustainable Transportation Advocacy Resource Team of Ozark Greenways met last night. Things are jumping in Springfield! We’re revamping the Drive Less, Live More booklet this summer with all new content, graphics, and title (to match a forth-coming PR campaign … stay tuned). Please take a look at the old one, and let me know [...]
Here is the story KSMU did today with me about bicycle safety in Springfield. Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle politics, bicycle safety, cycling
“Roadways are made for vehicles, not cyclists.” Cpl. Matt Brown, Springfield Police Department. Wrong. Wrong legally. Wrong historically. Wrong morally. Our roadways are made for people, not particular machines. The officer made this unfortunate and damaging statement in an article this morning in the Springfield News-Leader. I wonder if this is the same officer who [...]
Except that it’s not. Bicycling is really quite safe. But our culture has accepted a mythology of danger and fear. It is this mythology that I believe convinces Americans they need special facilities to ride their bicycles safely. I have stated many times on Carbon Trace that I admire the Dutch system. That system, as [...]
Things you should be reading today: State of the Art Bikeway Design, Or Is It? David Hembrow demonstrates that some U.S. bikeway designs are inferior to Dutch designs even though the designers claim to be following “best” European practices. The biggest problems with these guidelines lie in the intersection designs. For instance, NACTO states “typical international [...]
Bicycle and Pedestrian Day at the Capitol was re-scheduled because of Snowpocalypse ’11. The new date is this Monday 11 April. I’ll be attending because it’s an important way to keep legislators informed about bicycle and pedestrian issues. And, as a bonus this year, I am among the Distinguished Service Award winners. Schedule 9:30am – Check in/registration [...]
We all know that utility and commuter bicycling leads to a long list of benefits. You can find a bunch of these lists on the web; just do a simple search. But one of the benefits that’s not discussed enough is the economic benefit to the working poor. I believe that one important way to [...]
One Street is highlighting a new report by professors at Rutgers and Virginia Tech comparing the rates of bicycle commuting in nine North American cities with New York City — specifically to learn what factors are leading to lagging participation in NYC and what the city might do better. (direct link to .pdf) And, so [...]
The Springfield News-Leader published an article about The Link today. For more, check out my coverage. And you can always watch this video: Technorati Tags: bicycle advocacy, bicycle infrastructure, bicycle politics, cycling, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning
Well, sort of. While not mentioned by name, the 1-Mile Solution is central to an article in USA Today today (hmmmm… or is it an article today in USA Today?). It concerns how the design of cities can ease the cost of travel. The nut graph re: the 1-MS: The way to cut back on [...]
