A woman riding a bicycle was injured when she became collateral damage in a Compton street takeover.
She was hospitalized with minor injuries.
Police are looking for the driver of a white car, who left the scene without stopping after the crash.
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This is why people keep dying on our streets.
A 22-year old Los Osos woman is back behind bars after hitting several parked cars while driving at four times the legal alcohol limit, just five years after she killed a Cal Poly student riding a bicycle in a drunken hit-and-run.
Gianna Brencola was sentenced to seven years behind bars, but somehow released after just two years, and released from parole less than two years later.
Thanks to jmell for the heads-up.
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Here’s your chance to demand that new vehicles protect the people outside of them, as well as those inside.
@JohnBauters + #biketwitter 1 wk left to give feedback to NHTSA on New Car Assessment Program! Have you submitted yours?💕@reishuk's call to "only approve vehicles that pass OUTSIDE crash tests." This brilliant post by @schmangee says it all. Respond here: https://t.co/Ue0p1BMN0r pic.twitter.com/BnxkaygiIp
— Pedal Love (@PedalLove) May 2, 2022
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Local
Streetsblog offers a roundup of LA bike news, including a) Metro extends its Metro Bike contract for another year, b) Metro approved revised funding for South LA’s Rail-to-Rail bike/walk path, and c) new bike lanes on Burbank Blvd in Van Nuys and a one-way bike lane on 2nd Ave in South LA’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Seriously? Just two days after popular Rapha ride leader John “Panda” Hermoso was killed just outside the city, the mayor of Santa Clarita promotes the joys of bicycling in the city, with no mention of the recent tragedy or any need to improve safety.
Caltrans is proposing a two-way bike lane and a roundabout to improve safety on Angeles Crest Highway.
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San Diego continues to prioritize bike safety over parking, preparing to install protected bike lanes on a one-mile, newly repaved stretch of Park Blvd in University Heights, despite the objections of local business owners over removing a whole four spaces.
After finding an ebike for sale on Craigslist for half off the retail price in Santa Cruz, a man checks Bike Index and discovers it’s stolen. And does the right thing by alerting the police, and setting up a sting operation to get the bike back. As usual, read it on Yahoo if bicycling blocks you.
Sad news from San Jose, where a man was killed in a collision while riding his bike across a busy expressway.
National
Flux Magazine offers six ways you can make traveling by bicycle an adventure. Because evidently, just taking a bike tour isn’t adventurous enough.
Singletracks highlights sales on mountain bikes and gear up to 40% off.
Tucson AZ is making plans for a whopping 200 miles of bike boulevards in the city of half a million people. Which compares favorably to LA’s current plans to build, um, none.
Utah bicyclists are calling for change after too many deaths on the state’s streets, including Whittier’s Bullard brothers, who were killed by an accused DUI driver outside St. George.
A new traffic safety campaign in New York attempts to scare drivers into slowing down by showing an image of a pedestrian flying through the air after being hit by a car. A writer for Strongtowns says campaigns like that just don’t work, while Jalopnik doesn’t like them, either.
Instead of going after the people in the big, dangerous machines, a Maryland sheriff warns bicyclists he’s got his eye on them, and ready to ticket any scofflaw bike riders in his county.
That’s more like it. Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles mark Bike Month by offering safety tips for bicyclists and motorcyclists. But for a change, they focus on what drivers can do to drive safely around them.
International
Cycling Weekly asks if the bike industry is selling riders bicycles that are too aggressive for them. Short answer, yes. Longer answer, absolutely yes.
An Ottawa, Canada paper traces the history of bicycles in the city back to 1869.
Denmark has started a program asking people to donate their unused bicycles to give to Ukrainian refugees living in the country.
A Japanese company introduces secure vertical bike lockers that can be rented by the hour, with space for your helmet and bike shoes.
A prefecture in Japan has turned the concept of rail-to-trail on its head, turning a pair of bicycles into a pedal powered railcar.
Competitive Cycling
Heartbreaking news from Australia, where former juniors cyclist Maddy Marshall died, four and a half years after she was diagnosed with leukemia; she was just 24. Thanks to Megan Lynch for the heads-up.
Cycling Weekly considers the delicate balance between recovery and competition, after former pro Peter Stetina rode the Belgian Waffle ride with a broken wrist he suffered in a race just three weeks earlier.
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Finally…
Why wait until the bikes leave the shop before running them down? Another reminder that cars don’t belong in parks.
And yes, you can buy an ebike for less than $1,000.
Whether you really want to may be another matter.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin, too.
