Discovery News
December 16, 2014
[…] “More and more elderly people are using a bicycle, not only for short distances, but also for longer distances,” Dutch Environment and Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen told AFP. “This type of bicycle is truly needed in the Netherlands because it will help us down bring the number of elderly people who are injured every year and allow them to continue enjoy cycling,” she said. […]
December 17, 2014
BBC Sport
[…] More worryingly for golf in England, participation has fallen by about 180,000 in eight years. Cycling, on the other hand, gained about 270,000 pedal-pushers in the last year alone. […]
June 15, 2014
Stuff – New Zealand
[…] “You may reduce the chance of a serious head injury depending on how you land or where you’re hit. The argument really should be whether the flimsy helmets people wear are good enough. […]
December 15, 2014
Newfoundland & Labrador
[…]
As one researcher explained: “Cycle helmets are primarily designed for falls without any other vehicle involved. In many legal cases I have studied where a cyclist was in collision with a motorised vehicle, the impact energy potentials were of a level that outstripped those we use to certify Grand Prix motor racing helmets.” […]Downtown Denver Could Soon Have a Crowdfunded Bike Lane
Downtown Denver Could Soon Have a Crowdfunded Bike Lane
Next City
December 10, 2014Too often, protected bike lanes spark controversy along well-defined political lines. But in sprawling Denver, where public-private partnerships are building one of the country’s most advanced transit networks, a new kind of alliance makes an unlikely team of cycling advocates and downtown business groups, including oil company Anadarko. […]
Yes, you really do need a bike helmet Even mild concussions can cause lasting brain damage – Consumer reports
Yes, you really do need a bike helmet Even mild concussions can cause lasting brain damage – Consumer reports
Savannah Morning News
December 14, 2014[…] The scans showed signs of damage to nerve cells in the brain responsible for transmitting information, compared with a group of 33 people without brain injury who also had MRIs. The injured people also performed 25 percent worse, on average, in a “verbal letter influency” test, which evaluates thinking and memory skills by seeing how many words one can think of that begin with the same letter. […]
biking up 356% in Santa Monoica
This is good news for bicycling safety according to advocates who believe in “safety in numbers.”
Biking Has Shot Up an Insane 356 Percent in Santa Monica
Curbed
Dec 2, 2104Whoa, it’s a good thing Santa Monica didn’t dilly-dally on launching that bike share program—they saw a formidable 356 percent increase in bike riding between 2000 and 2012, according to a progress report on the city’s Bike Action Plan, which went into action about three years ago. […] True, it covers several more years than the bike plan’s been in action, but still—nationally over the same period, even the average bike-friendly city only saw an 85 percent rise in cycling. Santa Monica crushed them all. […]
CA bike touring – where can you legally ride on freeway?
CA bike touring – where can you legally ride on freeway?
This guide is a big help. Handy to keep on your mobile device.
Confusing, like this on a section of I-5 near Oceanside:
[…] Bicycles OK from Las Pulgas Road (Exit 62) to Oceanside Harbor Dr. (Exit 54C). Bicyclists must exit at the rest stop, cycle through the rest stop, and then reenter the freeway at the other end. Directions and pictures from the Amtrak Century page. […]
This guide also covers PCH and Hwy 101.
With One Month Left In The Year, Nearly 500 Pedestrians And Cyclists Have Been Struck
With One Month Left In The Year, Nearly 500 Pedestrians And Cyclists Have Been Struck
The DC – ist
[…] In 2013, D.C. saw 12 pedestrian and two cyclist fatalities, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. […]Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists
Hit-and-runs take a rising toll on cyclists
LA Times
By Armand Emamdjomeh, Laura J. Nelson and Joseph Serna contact the reportersNov 29, 2014
[…] Hit-and-run collisions involving bicyclists surged 42% from 2002 to 2012 in Los Angeles County, according to a Times analysis of California Highway Patrol crash data. […] Between 2002 and 2012, the most recent data available, more than 5,600 cyclists were injured and at least 36 died in crashes in which drivers fled the scene. […]
