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Safe Streets Save Lives Video: Lets Get There Together

Advocacy / Bike Law USA

A Quantum Leap Forward

In 2008, the three-year lobbying effort by advocates across South Carolina finally paid off with the passage of reformed bicycle traffic safety laws. According to advocates, this reform launched South Carolina into the modern age of traffic law by allowing bicycles equitable treatment as legitimate users of the road. With the enforcement of this law, the rights and responsibilities of bicycle users in SC are better protected and defined.

Learn more about the Safe Streets Campaign.

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Human-Shield Bike Lane

Advocacy / Bike Law Georgia

Bruce Hagen Jul 29, 2019

If you ride bikes around Atlanta, chances are that you know Niklas Vollmer and Andreas Wolfe. They’re some of the many people in town who seem to live on their bikes and can be seen riding everywhere. While they both have their “day jobs,” folks in the cycling world know them for their place in […]

Two More Deaths in Atlanta

Bike Law Georgia

Bruce Hagen Jul 19, 2019

This is a time when advocacy efforts are crucial to making our streets safer for everyone. Within 24 hours from the Two Wheel Tuesday gathering we suffered two more casualties. On Wednesday morning, Marten Bijvank was on his way to work on his bicycle when he was struck and killed by an unlicensed DUI driver […]

Find a Bike Shop that Works for You

Bike Law Iowa

Jim Freeman Jul 15, 2019

Bicycling Magazine recently published an article titled, “Hey, Bike Shops; Stop Treating Customers Like Garbage.” The story follows a heavy-set 59 year old’s sad tale of how he was treated poorly from a number of local bike shops. First and foremost, I would be clear that bikes are for almost everyone. If you are big, […]

Disappearing Bike Lanes Disappear From Oregon’s Legal Landscape!

Bike Law Oregon / Bike Law USA

Rick Bernardi Jul 12, 2019

The big bike news out of the Oregon legislature this year was the passage of a Stop as Yield law. This was an enormous legislative victory for Oregon cyclists, the culmination of over a decade of advocacy. But it wasn’t the only legislative victory for Oregon cyclists this legislative session. A less glamorous but equally […]

Uber as Bicycling Motorcade? Absolutely.

Advocacy / Bike Law Louisiana / Culture

Charlie Thomas Jul 11, 2019

I often find myself wanting to ride on a roadway corridor that doesn’t want me there. At best, I could make it across alive with some close calls and a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. At worst, I wouldn’t be around to write this blog post. Of course, a safer, alternate route […]

Lakewood Bicycle Advocate Gary Harty

Bike Law Colorado

Brian Weiss Jul 11, 2019

The founder of the Lakewood Bicycle Advisory Team loves his life on two wheels. Gary Harty was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and raised in Colorado – Denver Metro area, and now makes bicycling in Lakewood, Colorado safe and fun. Gary is part of the baby boomer generation. He attended Colorado State University (CSU) and […]

Social Media and Bicycle Advocacy

Advocacy / Culture

Rachael Maney Jul 10, 2019

Outrage. It is what drives action and engagement on the interwebs these days. If it’s not outrageous, it’s boring. The Election of 2018 proved that outrage increases TOS (“time on site”) more than friendship, sympathy, desire, or anything else. Judgment. By definition it is necessary to reach any conclusion about anything. But passing it on […]

Oregon’s Stop as Yield Law Hits the Final Stretch!

Bike Law Oregon / Bike Law USA

Rick Bernardi Jul 09, 2019

The Oregon Legislature made national news this past week, for all the wrong reasons. The State Senate, with a super-majority of Democrats in control, had been working on climate legislation which would have Oregon join a cap-and-trade market with California and Quebec. Unable to stop the legislation, Republican Senators fled the state en masse, preventing […]

The Tour de France from Behind the Lens

Bike Law Louisiana / Culture

Charlie Thomas Jul 07, 2019

It’s Tour de France time. I follow the racing daily through the footage on TV feed and still photos. But I hadn’t ever considered what’s happening on the other side of the camera lens. Like, what actually goes into snapping these pictures that we see documenting the Tour’s happenings? I started to care more about […]

Electric Bikes and Insurance

Bike Law Maine / Insurance

Lauri Boxer-Macomber Jul 01, 2019

Prologue Last month, I rode across the Casco Bay Bridge to talk e-bikes and insurance with Bob O’Brien, the Vice President of Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance in South Portland, Maine. Although I have yet to invest in an e-bike for myself, I have been captivated by e-bikes and their potential to get and keep […]

Cheaha Challenge Director Brooke Nelson

Bike Law Alabama / Bike Law USA

Danny Feldman Jul 01, 2019

Brooke Nelson has been the ride director of the Cheaha Challenge (www.cheahachallange.com) since shortly after the 2014 ride and in the past 5 years, ride participation has increased 188%. Since 2017 when it became the only UCI Qualifier, Alabama’s biggest ride has become known nationally and internationally. The 2019 ride had participants from 31 states […]

Two Cycling Safety Wins for Keystone State!

Advocacy / Bicycle Laws / Bike Law Pennsylvania

Joe Piscitello Jun 20, 2019

Thanks to some outstanding advocacy efforts, both the state of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia have recently scored two important wins for cycling safety. Pennsylvania: “Dutch Reach” in State Driver’s Manual The “Dutch Reach” method of opening a car door has finally been added to the State Driver’s Manual after many years of conversation. […]