Category: Advocacy
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Atlanta Bike Advocate Angel Poventud
If you’ve ridden a bike anywhere in Atlanta, chances are you’ve met Atlanta bike advocate Angel Poventud. If you’ve stopped for a post-ride beer, been to an important advocacy event, or to any major Atlanta gathering, chances are you have met Angel Poventud. It may only seem that Angel is everywhere, but when you…
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Andy Singer: Changing Bike Policy One Cartoon at a Time
Learn how Andy Singer, cyclist advocate and environmentalist, has turned his love of cartoons into helping change bike policies. Not long ago, I published a post highlighting the great efforts being made by the co-chairs of the Saint Paul Bicycle Coalition. One of the co-chairs, Andy Singer, has garnered attention not just for his work for…
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Vision Zero: An Update on Minneapolis’s Efforts to Make Safer Streets
Vision Zero is an international movement to create safer streets for everyone. Minneapolis joined this movement in September 2017, when it committed to a goal of zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2027. Cyclists & Pedestrians Are Overrepresented in Crashes According to city data, an average of 95 people are killed or severely injured in…
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When COVID-19 quarantines hope, mourning, and recovery in fatal Annapolis crash
Update on fatal Annapolis Crash [Photo of Arthur and Candy Carter] There is uncontainable outrage when we learn of a catastrophic or fatal crash involving members of our community. One of the reasons is that of all the mortality rates, and especially amongst those involving motor vehicles, cycling and pedestrian fatalities are the only two…
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Olivia Hart: New ED of Redemptive Cycles
Carrying on the group’s proud legacy of improving lives — and Birmingham — through bicycling. Olivia Hart has just been introduced as the new (3rd ever) Executive Director of Redemptive Cycles, a non-profit organization in Birmingham, Alabama (www.redemptivecycles.com) which does many things – including, but by no means limited to: 1. running an “earn a…
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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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A Call to Drive with Real 20-20 Vision
Coach Oke’s Ghost Bike Several years ago, I was jogging alongside Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona when suddenly I was greeted by an old ghost bike. The stark white frame of the bicycle memorial juxtaposed against the soft, dusty hues of the desert landscape immediately caught my attention. What retained it was a hand-painted sign…
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Fatal Annapolis Bike Crash
Driver plows into Maryland peloton, killing one, catastrophically injuring another, and changing the lives of dear friends. The Washington Post, Capital Gazette, and Baltimore Sun (amongst others) don’t tell what we feel are the important parts of the story explaining the catastrophic and fatal crash caused by motorist Carl Leslie Behler (driving a 2015 GMC…
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Efforts to Improve Bike Safety in Lake Norman
By Nicole Van Baelen If you recall from my last blog post, a small group of bicyclists in the Lake Norman area was spurred by the tragic death of on of our own to take action. We started out with a lot of ideas and energy that needed channeling. Just a little more than a…
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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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Arrested Teen Cyclist, Javier Lopez
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST CYCLIST DROPPED! Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Intent isn’t synonymous with harm: 5 words that have resonated with me since I heard Bike Law Texas attorney Charlie Thomas say them. They could not be more true. Javi might never get answers to some very important questions: But Javier asks these questions knowing that the absence…
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“Life is not a Car Part”
2019 World Day of Remembrance for those killed and injured in traffic crashes. Today, we at Bike Law join the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (“FEVR”) in commemorating the 2019 World Day of Remembrance, honoring and remembering the many millions of people killed, injured and impacted by traffic crashes, and recognizing that “life is not a…
