Author: Bike Law
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Bike Charity Gives Bicycles To Those In Need
North Carolina group putting people on bikes. GUEST POST BY BIKE LAW AMBASSADOR KURT AREHART The bike charity Raleigh Community Kickstand, or just Kickstand for short, is a four year-old project organized under Oaks & Spokes, a 501(c)(3) engaged in fostering cycling in Raleigh. Kickstand channels donated bicycles to low-income and homeless members of our community whose lives can…
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Randy LoBasso & The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Bike Law PA‘s Joe Piscitello sits down with Randy LaBasso to learn more about his work promoting better and safer biking for all. JOE: Randy, can you tell us about your role at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia? RANDY: Sure. I am the Policy Director for the Coalition which is an advocacy group that has…
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The Quarantine has Awakened Bike Love
Will It Stick Around After Corona? My first tip should have been the text I received from my father-in-law. He was looking for suggestions on bikes that he and my mother-in-law could get and ride. They’ve had bikes before but those were left to succumb to the salt air and rust, abandoned outdoors right next…
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Our Streets Can Help Keep Us Healthy (and Sane)
During COVID-19, some streets should be closed to motor vehicles but remain open for walking, running and biking. We all need some space. In these strange times when a unique virus has shuttered my city, Chicago, and many others around the world, one of the more precious commodities is space, particularly outdoor space. Yesterday, Chicago…
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Tragedy & Activism
The Role of the Fierce Family Advocate This year’s Vision Zero (VZ) conference held at Temple University was hosted by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia for the third time. Attendance and participation were strong, reflecting solid community support for better road safety in the city. Many themes of the day bubbled up including how…
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Cargo Bike (Law) Life
I’ve always been a bike guy, but not always a cargo bike guy. For a long time I was a fixie guy focused on the “less is more” approach to my bike. To be honest, I bristled at the idea of a saddle bag. I used to think the point of riding was to go…
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Tennessee Bike Advocate Gina Simpson
Preparing for the Tennessee Bike Summit The annual Tennessee Bike Summit is being held April 16-17, 2020. The summit is in Cleveland, Tennessee for the first time ever this year, so I chatted with Gina Simpson, the head of Bike Walk Cleveland to learn more Q : As a Tennessee bike accident attorney, I am familiar with you because I…
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Mike Bannister: Dentist, Bike Collector, Beer Lover, Crash Survivor
Mike Used a Cycliq Video Get Cycling Justice! One of the simplest, yet most important, ideas that we as cycling advocates try to convey to drivers is that people riding bikes on the roads are actual people with lives and identities apart from just “cyclist.” They are people on bikes. They are wives, husbands, daughters…
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Distracted Driving / High School Outreach
As a bicycle crash attorney, I spend a lot of time thinking of ways to prevent bike crashes. As a cyclist who rides almost everywhere I go for all of my daily errands, it is personal to me as well. Many people say that education is the key. Awareness of cycling laws should be part of…
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Making Oregon’s Bicycle Laws Better, Part 1
Strengthen the Safe Passing Law It’s a brand-new year; behind us, we have had an amazingly successful year, with not one, but two new laws that have significantly improved Oregon’s bicycle laws and brought real, positive change for Oregon’s cyclists. As probably everyone in Oregon has heard, it is now legal for cyclists to treat…
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Mandatory bicycle helmet laws are a terrible idea
The safety solution is more people on bikes, not fewer. A federal government agency is making a controversial recommendation to all 50 states that all bicyclists be required to wear helmets. Mandatory bicycle helmet laws are a terrible idea. Cycling as a form of recreation and transportation offers a myriad of benefits to the individual and the…
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FAQ: Oregon’s New Stop as Yield Law
Answering your Oregon Stop Questions Stop as Yield. It was the legislative Holy Grail for Oregon cyclists. Idaho had pioneered the Stop As Yield concept—allowing cyclists to treat a stop sign as if it’s a yield sign—in 1982, and for decades, Idaho remained the only state where Stop as Yield was legal for cyclists, despite…
