Disclaimer: Nothing I have written in this post should be interpreted as walking back the idea that bicyclists should follow the rules of the road. This seems to me to be a fact: Unpredictable behavior by bicyclists seems to be what the average motorist expects, i.e. bicyclist behavior is predictable in its unpredictableness. Predictable behavior, [...]
Keri Caffrey, of Commute Orlando and CyclingSavvy, has updated her excellent video Bicycling in Traffic is a Dance You Must Lead. Something to note: You are NOT watching “hardened” cyclists or “road warriors” or “adrenaline junkies” who brave the dangers of traffic. Bicycling in traffic is safe (compared to a lot of other dangerous things [...]
On my ride downtown this morning, two expectations: 1. At the 4-way stop at Cherry and Hammons, a driver arrived well ahead of me. But he waited at the sign, and waited, and waited. I signaled my turn and came to a proper foot-down stop. Then he goes. He expected me to run the stop [...]
So the Chinese are now driving more than ever. And the results are predictable. China will eventually regret its growing love of the automobile. From the story on the traffic jam: “Insufficient traffic capacity on the National Expressway 110 caused by maintenance construction since August 19 is the major cause of the congestion,” a publicity officer with [...]
Starting Monday morning the streets of Springfield are going to be a lot more crowded around our universities and public schools. Wouldn’t it be nice if people who choose to drive cars marked this as the beginning of a new attitude about the streets? College student? New to Springfield? This is a great place to [...]
