Local
The LA Times lays out Metro’s transportation battle plan if Measure M passes, and if it doesn’t. Hint: We’ll all be better off if it does.
Here’s another reason to vote for Measure M: The half-cent sales tax increase could be used to fix the roads in the LA area, which are rated the second worst in the US. And bad roads affect people on two wheels more than those on four.
Glendale kicks off a new bike and pedestrian safety campaign timed for the end of Daylight Savings Time. And no, we are not impressed.
Bike SGV is hosting a free learn to bike class from 9 to 11 am this Saturday, although the date and time are missing from the page.
CiclaValley writes that the popular Bouquet Canyon riding route will be closed until April to protect from flooding.
State
The CTC proposes over $23 million in funding for the CV Link multi-use path circling the Coachella Valley, despite rejection of the proposed route by Rancho Mirage and opposition in Indian Wells.
A Redlands couple riding around the US on a tandem bike fell short of their nearly 10,000 mile goal when their bike was struck by a distracted driver in Kingman AZ; fortunately, both only suffered minor injuries. You have to be pretty damn distracted not to see two people on a bicycle directly in front of you.
A San Francisco bicyclist suffered life threatening injuries in a collision caused by someone running a red light; police hope to find security video and talk to the rider when his condition improves to determine who was at fault.
A Bay Area website recommends a scenic, 25-mile loop around Stinson Beach, offering 3,000 feet of climbing and thrilling descents.
National
People for Bikes says bicycles belong on main streets, not side streets, so people can use them for utilitarian errands rather than just riding to work.
An Oregon paramedic says we all have to try harder to make sure everyone gets home safely.
Utah installs signage for two US Bicycle Routes across the southern portion of the state.
A terminally ill Colorado man is going out on his own terms by starting his own Hospice Racing team after entering hospice care.
A Chicago entrepreneur is proposing a floating bike lane over the city’s eponymous river.
The Department of DIY has opened a branch in Cambridge MA, where cyclists are responding to the death of a fellow rider by crowdfunding their own posts to create a guerilla protected bike lane.
Ride your bicycle through 400 years of history on the 52-mile Virginia Capital Trail.
International
A skill every bike rider should master: How to correctly wear a cycling cap. Personally, I still prefer the cap on backwards with the bill turned up.
An Italian prince was killed in a London collision when he tried to overtake a truck, whose driver was unable to see his bike because the steering wheel was on the wrong side — the equivalent of a right-hand drive truck on US roads; the victim was heir to a Florence noble family dating back to the Middle Ages.
London’s former cycling commissioner says the city’s new mayor must do much more to show a commitment to bicycling.
Anti-bike terrorists strike in the UK, where someone booby trapped a bike trail with wooden spikes that could have seriously injured someone. Or worse.
The historic island state of Malta is getting its first bikeshare system, with 53 stations serving a population of 400,000.
An Aussie paper says “lunatic” bicycle food couriers are “dicing with death” by illegally riding through some of Sydney’s busiest highway tunnels. Although there is another side to the bike delivery question.
A new Australian report calls for simplifying intersections and reducing speed limits to reduce crashes by elderly drivers.
Finally…
If you want to sail, get a bike. Evidently, fleeing from police is hungry work.
And this may be the toughest bike rider you see today.
Unless maybe it’s this tiny salmon cyclist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzQ_cwqsRPs
