Something else to look forward to.
A new AAA report says millions of Americans are driving while high.
In fact, an estimated 15 million people got behind the wheel within an hour of getting stoned on weed.
Never mind that driving while high is just as illegal as driving drunk, if harder to prove.
And just as deadly, too.
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If you want to ride Sullivan Canyon this summer, you might want to get there quick.
Or you’ll have a long wait until August.
Off-road advocacy group CORBA reports SoCal Gas will shut down the popular mountain biking trail for the next five weeks on Monday for gas line work.
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Speaking of CORBA, aka the Concerned Off Road Bicyclists Association, they do a great job working with SoCal governments and businesses to maintain and expand your access to some of America’s best mountain biking trails.
If you ride off-road, you owe it to yourself to support them the way they support you.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes goes on — teen skateboard edition.
A San Francisco bike rider was the victim of an apparent random, unprovoked assault when a pair of teenage kids whacked him with a skateboard for no apparent reason, then simply ran off.
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Local
Melissa McCarthy is one of us, donning her military jacket and polka dot helmet for an adult tricycle ride through the streets of LA. And she signals her turns, too.
The Pico Rivera city council will meet next Tuesday to discuss proposals for the city’s first protected bike lane and a new pedestrian bridge across the San Gabriel River.
The Press-Telegram says the next Long Beach street fight will be over reduced capacity and limiting turns on the only way out of the Peninsula neighborhood.
State
A new report shows California pedestrians are at serious risk on the mean streets of the Golden State.
The San Diego Union-Tribune examines both sides of the debate over a recently approved plan to remove parking in favor of installing protected bike lanes on 30th Street, with one side saying they’re right for businesses, climate and community, and the other saying the loss of parking will hurt it. Because as we all know, communities are all about cars, and we’re just here to move them around from time to time.
After a Madera bike rider laid his bike down in a failed attempt to avoid crashing into the side of an SUV, police say bicyclists using the crosswalk are required to get off their bikes and walk it across the street. That’s only true where sidewalk riding is banned, though, so your results may vary. And no one is prohibited from riding in the traffic lane through any surface street intersection anywhere in California.
Bad news from San Jose, where a 69-year old Italian man has died following a solo bike crash.
More bad news from the Bay Area, where a Discovery Bay man was found dead in the road next to his bicycle, from what authorities describe as a medical event.
National
City Lab says Fear of Missing Out — aka FOMO — does not make for good urban mobility policy.
Bike accessory maker Planet Bike puts its money where its mouth is, donating over $25,000 to bike advocacy organizations.
A truck website offers advice on bike tools you should keep in your vehicle. And for a change, they actually make sense.
Outside looks at what’s next for Zwift.
Oregon’s senate passes a modified version of the Idaho Stop Law, allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields, while still having to stop for red lights.
A Spokane woman learns the hard way that leaving a vintage bike unlocked is just an invitation for someone to steal it — even though she was just inside applying for a job.
Residents of a Chicago suburb are resisting plans to place a bike path extension along an existing nature trail, suggesting it should go under the massive power lines on a nearby abandoned rail line instead.
A Minnesota man prepares to ride the North Star Bicycle Race, a 629.4-mile unsupported endurance race.
Cincinnati has applied for grant to build a shared-use path along a major boulevard, completing a one-mile gap in an unfinished on-street bike lane. Even if you don’t read the story, it’s worth a click for the sweet steel frame Pinarello illustrating it.
Tragic news from Euclid, Ohio, where a man was killed in a rare fatal traffic collision between two people on bicycles.
There’s a special place in hell for whoever stole a bike from an Ohio Easter Seals office.
In an incredibly boneheaded decision, New York’s new ebike law specifically bans parents from taking their kids along with them, even if the bike is designed for exactly that.
Now you, too, can win your very own Dunkin’ bicycle. But only if you live in New York.
A new study shows a “disturbing” number of Gotham bicyclists are riding distracted by their electronic devices. Just wait until someone tells them about all those distracted drivers, who pose a much greater risk to everyone around them. Let alone car makers who are building text readers, TV screens and game consoles into their dashboards.
A DC jury has found a white bicyclist guilty in a road rage assault on a black motorist, but deadlocked on the hate crime enhancement for repeatedly using the n-word; he was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and felony assault while armed for using his U-lock to repeatedly hit the victim and his car.
International
Many Vancouver residents are riding sans-skid lids, despite a law mandating bike helmet use.
British Columbia unveils a new active transportation policy, including an $850 incentive for ebike buyers.
An Ontario, Canada bike rider is calling for better bike infrastructure after getting hit by drivers four times in three years.
London’s mayor pens a nasty letter to the Kensington and Chelsea council over cancelled plans for a much-needed bikeway, demanding to know how many more residents need to be maimed or killed before they do something.
Competitive Cycling
A young racer competing in Spain’s Basque Country suffered a nasty gash all the way across his chest when he crashed into a race barrier.
Cycling Tips puts all the bizarre conspiracy theories about Chris Froome’s serious bike crash into context.
VeloNews says 19-year old Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel is living up to the hype.
Finally…
No, that tree didn’t eat a doughboy’s bike. Reflections on riding up the Left Coast and all that jazz.
And probably not the best idea to swear at the cop who tried to pull you over and lead them on a bike chase when you already have an outstanding warrant.
Unless you can totally get away, of course.
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