December 31, 20231 yr Professional cyclist runs over and kills his wife with his car while she's biking: https://nypost.com/2023/12/31/news/professional-cyclist-allegedly-behind-the-wheel-of-the-car-that-killed-his-wife/
February 6, 20241 yr The Ohio Mountain Bike Alliance is looking for state capital budget funding for multiple trail projects across the state. The projects are: • Ohio Trails Vision Implementation • East Fork Session Hub • Great Seal Mountain Bike Park • The Yard At Newark Station • Clear Creek Bike Park • Nighthawk Bike Skills Park • Goltra Preserve Nature Trails Sign the petition by end of day 2/6/24: https://secure.everyaction.com/CwmvNCj1F0iy47lkCVNjuA2 More details about each project: https://coramtb.org/blog/post/details-projects-listed-our-petition
March 22, 20241 yr about the idaho stop law for bikes in paris — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C370CV9rPb6/?igsh=MTN2cjh2azhsNWlucw==
May 18, 20241 yr This illustration reminded me of someone. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
September 13, 2024Sep 13 Biking advocates - you may be interested in All Aboard Ohio’s statewide Zoom call Saturday at 10am. Primary topic: Cincinnati City Councilmember Mark Jeffreys will talk about the Red Bike program and the efforts that helped save it. Link in cross-post below 4 hours ago, Boomerang_Brian said: All Aboard Ohio: This Saturday we will host our monthly statewide call on Zoom at 10am. We’re switching gears from our usual focus on passenger rail to highlight another important aspect of public transportation: "Pedestrian and Bicycle Transit." While rail is at the heart of what we do, we believe in advocating for all forms of public transit, including non-motorized ways of getting around. We’re excited to welcome Cincinnati City Councilmember Mark Jeffreys, who will talk about the Red Bike program and the efforts that helped save it. Plus, Yay Bikes! Board President Brian Estabrook will share the inspiring vision behind their organization and the transformative changes they're championing for Central Ohio’s transit future. Please register here to get the Zoom link. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
May 12May 12 yay! I thought this day would never come! Policy Change: NYPD Will Write C...Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Tr...Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
May 12May 12 1 hour ago, eastvillagedon said:yay! I thought this day would never come!Maybe they could also impound any vehicle parked in a bike lane or bus lane....
May 12May 12 30 minutes ago, Foraker said:Maybe they could also impound any vehicle parked in a bike lane or bus lane....I don't know that this happens too often. At least the bike lanes I'm most familiar with are protected, so it's impossible for cars to enter. Too many cyclists, however, feel entitled to flout all rules, a result of a complete lack of enforcement over many years. Hopefully this new policy will put enough of a scare into enough of them to think twice about breaking the law. I once even saw a motorcycle speeding down a sidewalk! It's out of control here. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
May 12May 12 12 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said:I don't know that this happens too often. At least the bike lanes I'm most familiar with are protected, so it's impossible for cars to enter. Too many cyclists, however, feel entitled to flout all rules, a result of a complete lack of enforcement over many years. Hopefully this new policy will put enough of a scare into enough of them to think twice about breaking the law. I once even saw a motorcycle speeding down a sidewalk! It's out of control here.Making this a criminal offense is ridiculous. Running a red light in a car in NY is not a criminal offense. You get a ticket.
May 13May 13 10 hours ago, eastvillagedon said:yay! I thought this day would never come!Policy Change: NYPD Will Write C...Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Tr...Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.This is a terrible policy. The reason cars have to stop at red lights is because a driver can kill other people with their car if they don’t stop. The only person a biker is truly putting at risk by running a red lights is themselves. The penalties for a biker should LESS than the penalties for a driver, not more. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
May 13May 13 No surprises here. Bad infrastructure design encourages people to recklessly ride a bike, just like how bad infrastructure design encourages people to recklessly drive a car.
May 13May 13 7 minutes ago, Dev said:No surprises here. Bad infrastructure design encourages people to recklessly ride a bike, just like how bad infrastructure design encourages people to recklessly drive a car.Flipside, cyclists are some of the most defensive people on the roads. When you're dealing with 2000lb+ cars and drivers with a god complex sometimes survival looks reckless to a non-cyclist. Bike Cleveland just released their 2024 crash report, I'd recommend checking it out - and as someone who's looked over crash reports and videos of these crashes, very rarely is it the non-drivers fault when someone gets hit.As an added bonus, here's my daily commute: Edited May 13May 13 by GISguy
May 13May 13 4 minutes ago, GISguy said:Flipside, cyclists are some of the most defensive people on the roads. When you're dealing with 2000lb+ cars and drivers with a god complex sometimes survival looks reckless to a non-cyclist. Bike Cleveland just released their 2024 crash report, I'd recommend checking it out - and as someone who's looked over crash reports and videos of these crashes, very rarely is it the non-drivers fault when someone gets hit.As an added bonus, here's my daily commute:Oh I get that all right. An Idaho stop looks reckless to the uninitiated but just makes so much sense for anyone with decent experience on American roads.
May 13May 13 I'll join the apparently unpopular side of this discussion by agreeing that bicycles should have to stop and wait at red lights. If a bicycle is in the road all other road users have to treat it as a vehicle. They often don't, but that's a separate discussion. A large part of safety on the road is all road users behaving in a predictable manner. No, a cyclists behaving unpredictably does not only endanger him/herself. while it's true that the cyclists will get the worst in any crash with a vehicle this doesn't take into account the likely possibility of evasive maneuvers by the vehicle operator trying not to hit the unpredictable cyclist running a red light. These evasive maneuvers could result in the car hitting another vehicle, a wall, a pedestrian, or even another cyclists. That said, I fully agree that penalizing cyclists to a greater degree than motorists for the same infraction would be ridiculous. Red lights exist for a reason, namely predictability, and no one should be allowed to run them. Obviously all of these problems get ameliorated with better cycling infrastructure.
May 13May 13 30 minutes ago, Ethan said:I'll join the apparently unpopular side of this discussion by agreeing that bicycles should have to stop and wait at red lights. If a bicycle is in the road all other road users have to treat it as a vehicle. They often don't, but that's a separate discussion. A large part of safety on the road is all road users behaving in a predictable manner. No, a cyclists behaving unpredictably does not only endanger him/herself. while it's true that the cyclists will get the worst in any crash with a vehicle this doesn't take into account the likely possibility of evasive maneuvers by the vehicle operator trying not to hit the unpredictable cyclist running a red light. These evasive maneuvers could result in the car hitting another vehicle, a wall, a pedestrian, or even another cyclists. That said, I fully agree that penalizing cyclists to a greater degree than motorists for the same infraction would be ridiculous. Red lights exist for a reason, namely predictability, and no one should be allowed to run them. Obviously all of these problems get ameliorated with better cycling infrastructure.How often do you see cyclists blatantly running red lights that they're a danger to everyone around them? I think the problem is overstated, especially with the amount of drivers who speed, run red lights, turn on red into pedestrians and so on. I wish you could see some of the cctv video of people getting hit to see just how small a problem unpredicable bikes and pedestrians are in the scheme of things.How fast can a car get from 0-60mph? 3 seconds? 5 seconds? As a cyclist, responsibly jumping a red light at a cleared intersection allows me to get up to speed by the time cars are coming at me going 45 MPH on a 25 MPH road.You're putting too much blame on cyclists and not enough on terrible street design - good cycling infrastructure allows people on bikes to be (partially) separated from idiots in cars but if the roads still allow you to go 50 in a 25 that's the actual problem. Edited May 13May 13 by GISguy
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