Category Archives: Bicycling

An article in the Detroit News describes advances in robo-car technology. And this raises the question: what kinds of car-bike crashes could this technology prevent? As suggested in the article: rear-end collisions and drift-out-of-lane collisions. Also perhaps right hooks, if … Continue reading →

Build it wrong, and you may have to spend as much money tearing it out as you did putting it in. This is not a new problem — it is the story of public housing developments of the 1950s, now … Continue reading →

I get buzzed by another cyclist on the Minuteman path. This is a high-definition video. You get the full experience if click on “YouTube” under the image, expand it to full screen and click on the little gear wheel under … Continue reading →

I’m responding to Adam Auster’s comment on my previous post: On the other hand the route would cross the sidewalk, which can be quite busy, 3 times. (To say nothing of the crosswalk because you already mention it.) Let’s compare … Continue reading →

On the evening of November 6, 2013, I attended a public hearing about the Arlington Center project. A representative of the city described the town’s plan. There were some changes and clarifications of what was shown at Town Day, and … Continue reading →

The Town of Arlington, Massachusetts has proposed changes to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue with Mystic Street/Pleasant Street (really one street, which changes name at the intersection). I’ve posted a video of a bicycle ride I took through Arlington Center, … Continue reading →

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded, and researchers at the University of Nebraska have conducted, a study of fatalities due to distracted driving, Fatalities of Pedestrians, Bicycle Riders, and Motorists Due to Distracted Driving Motor Vehicle Crashes in the U.S., … Continue reading →

A bit of history — Bill Frey, who served Chairman of the League of American Wheelmen (later, League of American Bicyclists) Education Committee, prepared a history of the League’s education program in 1986. Steve Gottlieb, Frey’s successor in that position, … Continue reading →

Drake Street and Burrard Street in Vancouver. View Larger Map Riding into an intersection on the left side of the street has been shown again and again to be highly hazardous. Bicyclists are supposed to stop at the stop sign, … Continue reading →