Maybe some day our elected leaders will care enough to stop hit-and-runs.
Unfortunately, that day, if it ever comes, will be too late for a Signal Hill bike rider, who was severely injured in a hit-and-run on Monday.
According to the Press-Telegram, the man is in critical condition after he was struck by a driver while riding on Skyline Drive at Cherry Avenue around 11:55 pm.
He was run down by a southbound SUV while crossing the intersection while riding west on Skyline. Which means either he or the driver ran the red light.
But regardless of who was at fault, the driver is now wanted for felony hit-and-run.
Police are looking for a dark-colored Chevrolet Tahoe. Hopefully they’ll find the heartless coward who was driving it.
And his victim will make a full and fast recovery.
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay.
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Once again, we have a new record for Everesting, after Aussie pro Lachlan Morton dropped the time required to climb the height of Mt. Everest on a bike to just 7 hours 32 minutes and 54 seconds.
And he set it on a road I grew up riding, on Rist Canyon just outside my Colorado hometown.
Which makes me just one degree of separation from the new world record.
Right?
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District is finally getting around to implementing a recent state law allowing you to trade in your older car for a new ebike.
But only if you can wait until next year.
I can’t, unfortunately.
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Local
South LA bike and community advocacy group East Side Riders teamed with the LA Galaxy to feed 600 people in Watts on Tuesday. Or maybe 1,000, depending on whether you believe the headline or the news story.
Pasadena police busted a bike rider who fled from an attempted traffic stop; they found him hiding under some bushes with a gun and ammunition magazine.
State
About damn time. San Francisco State Senator Scott Wiener introduced a bill that would exempt transit, bike and pedestrian projects from CEQA reviews, which have been twisted by opponents to delay — or halt — environmentally friendly transportation projects.
Lompoc approves plans to expand the city’s bike network in hopes of promoting it as a bicycling destination. Although as we’ve learned in Los Angeles, approving a new bike plan doesn’t mean you’ll ever see paint on the street.
An 18-year old Mountain View driver faces charges for fleeing the scene after running down a teenage bike rider, who suffered what were described as moderate injuries.
An artist is welcoming the world back from the coronavirus shutdown by adding a bit of beauty to a Sacramento bike path.
National
Clean Technica says every ebike and electric car brings $10,000 in social benefits.
How to wear and care for your bike helmet.
Welcome to Portland, where tall bikes were killed by high housing costs.
A Wisconsin bike shop was forced to close for 14 days after an employee was exposed to someone with Covid-19.
Once again, authorities have managed to keep a dangerous driver on the road until it’s too late, as a Wisconsin man was booked for his third drunk driving offense for fleeing the scene after running down a teenage girl riding with her mother.
A Chicago man was an accidental victim of gun violence, after he was killed by a stray bullet while riding his bike past a street shooting.
A Maine bicycle coalition is launching a campaign to make it socially acceptable for drivers to slow down and drive the speed limit. Good luck with that.
A New Jersey kid made a troubling discovery when he found a dead body on the side of the road while riding his bike.
Rhode Island restaurant and beverage workers hit a local trail on their bikes, raising $8,000 for bartenders, bars, restaurants and hospitality nonprofit organizations.
New Orleans bike riders rode through the city to demand name changes to streets named after Confederate leaders.
This is the cost of traffic violence. The son of a Miami rabbi, who was a star high school soccer player, died after clinging to life for nearly two months when he was struck by a driver while riding his bike.
International
Covid-19 is keeping students in Bolivia out of school. So a bike-riding teacher is bringing school to them.
Police dispatchers in an Ontario, Canada town pitched in to buy a four-year old girl a new bicycle, after some jerk stole the Frozen-themed bike she’d just learned to ride on.
Gordon Ramsey’s one-year old son is one of us now.
The next bike from British motorcycle maker Triumph will have pedals. And be electric.
The coronavirus bike boom has hit Paris, too.
Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault is leading an effort to rescue Mavic, the financially troubled French bike component maker.
Model turned Bollywood actress Aisha Sharma is one of us, too.
The Philippine president may be just this side of a dictator, but at least he’s expanding bike lanes.
Competitive Cycling
This year’s mountain bike nationals could take the form of a trail time trial in an effort to maintain social distancing. If it happens, which is a big if at this point.
Finally…
Yes, you can get an e-foldie for under seven hundred bucks. Your next spokes could be made of plastic.
And Everesting is even harder when there aren’t any hills around.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And wear a mask, already.
Lompoc has plans to expand their bicycling network, but you are right to be cautious about their ability to actually do it.
On the other hand, we visited the city a few years ago and were impressed by the simple but effective network they already had. I was so impressed that a small town could build useful bike routes while some much bigger cities seem to be tied up in knots. Lompoc even has welcome signs near the city limits with bike route maps!