California governor rejects 3-foot bill for second time; applauds effort for bicycle safety
Updated: 2012-09-29 01:03:27
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. vetoed a bill for the second time on Friday that would require motorists give bicyclists a 3-foot gap when passing.
This time, Brown objected to a provision that allows motorists to cross a double-yellow line if there's no room to give 3 feet of space.
Currently, there are 21 states that require drivers to give bicyclists and pedestrians a gap of 3 or more feet when passing (Pennsylvania is 4 feet). ...
: 27 September 2012 Desire Lines of 16536 Bicycle Users Here's the cover graphic of Copenhagenize Consulting's upcoming anthropological project tracking the Desire Lines of all the bicycle users in one Copenhagen intersection over 12 hours one day in April . We blogged about it earlier Here's a pdf of a larger version , if you fancy that Opens in a new . window We filmed the intersection for 12 hours and anthropologist Agnete Suhr crunched the behavioural patterns over two months . Counting bicycle users and cars , tracking desire lines and observing the general behaviour of the bicycle users . While it was a ballet of human-powered movement , it was also a spectacular display of mediocrity . There were only a handful of rogue cyclists chipping away at society's foundations with their
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: 26 September 2012 Amsterdamize Copenhagenize Just got home from this year's Cycle Chic Conference in Budapest and it was a wonderful coincedence that Marc from Amsterdamized was in town at the same time Haven't seen him for a long while we're both busy , of . course It was great to see him . He was in town to speak at a conference and design exhibition with the Dutch Embassy . So , I drank their free wine at the exhibition . The next night was the Cycle Chic citizen cyclists fashion show , so his camera was busy . And later we dished up some free drinks and food for him at the afterparty . What goes around comes . around What we . do What people think we . do In a nutshell it was and always is a pleasure to meet one of the strongest and most important voices in the global urban cycling
Specialized is warning consumers to stop riding Globe bicycles they might have bought over the past five years because the front fork steering tube can break. The Morgan Hill, California-based company has received four reports of front forks breaking, causing face, head and shoulder injuries. The Specialized 2008 and 2009 Globe bicycles use Kinesis aluminum … Continue reading »
: 19 September 2012 The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 5 The 2013 Budget Health Warnings for Cars The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 5 The 2013 Budget by Lars Barfred with Mikael Colville-Andersen Last week we wrote about a candle in the dark for Copenhagen traffic priorities The light , however , was blown out in a local storm , it . seems Friday last week the politicians at Copenhagen City Hall led by a Social Democrat majority declared they had finally reached an agreement on the annual budget . They announced there would be more green mobility to the amount of 15 million USD for improving bicycle mobility , bike racks , etc . That’s the same amount as has been the average for the last five years or so . An amount equal to 1 41th of what the city and the government funnel into
Imagine this English judge carefully placing his wig on a shelf and hanging his robe in the closet after work, then discovering that the bicycle he was going to ride home had been stolen. Maybe he’d see bike theft differently. Instead, judge Peter Hughes recently criticized police in northwest England’s Cumbria county for putting out … Continue reading »
: 07 September 2012 Copenhagenizing Rotterdam Earlier this year I was working in Rotterdam , a city I had never visited before . You get the impression from Dutch people in the rest of the Netherlands that Rotterdam isn't really Dutch . Generally , the attitude is that Rotterdam isn't very cool . The only way to figure it out is to go . there I was invited to do a spot of Copenhagenizin' at the City of Rotterdam . A brainstorm session about how to promote cycling and perhaps develop a brand for the City's cycling intiatives . A great day with great , positive people . A real pleasure . I was excited to get a Rijkspas Kingdom Pass upon arriving the : offices But soon realised that it was a golden pass to the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands that would get me free beer and cheese and . uh .
: 07 September 2012 Dutch Rationality Saves Childrens' Lives It started with a tweet from my colleague Angela from Mobycon in the Netherlands the other : day Happy to read less and less children are injured or dead on our roads . A big thank you' to all who contributed to that safety NL That sounded great . She sent me the link to the research and I saw that it was another colleague , Theo Zeegers , from the Fietsersbond the Dutch National Cycling Organisation who was the author . He was kind enough to translate his article into . English Theo like the Fietsersbond in general is a wonderfully rational person and one of the leading minds on the science of cycling and of bicycle helmets . He's always an inspiration to talk to . Basically , as you'll read below , casualities among child
Track cyclist Sarah Hammer's best chance at a gold medal evaporated three years ago when the International Olympic Committee dropped the individual pu...
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: 05 September 2012 The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 4 The Congestion Commision Motorway 16 north of . Copenhagen The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 4 The Congestion Commission by Lars Barfred with additional info by Mikael Colville-Andersen In Denmark , during autumn 2011, right-wing politicians and the media attacked the center-left government proposal for a congestion ring around Copenhagen . Their attack , which wasn't much more than a bunch of media hysteria was , surprisingly , . successful In early 2012, the Social Democrats lost the courage to push forward with the congestion ring plan because of the massive media coverage of the opposition from the right-wing parties , the car owners' association and the Danish Industry association . Despite the fact that they went to
: 05 September 2012 Best Magazine Cover Ever If this isn't the most beautiful magazine cover in the world , I don't know what is . The Most Dangerous Invention in the World . The . Car It's the cover of Profil magazine , out of Austria I picked it up in Vienna earlier this year . As I understand it , Profil is a business magazine . Leafing through it , it's filled with men in suits saying stuff in . German This article , however , is beautiful for its stunning rationality . It's a bold cover and the accompanying article spells out why the car is , indeed , the most dangerous invention in the world and so destructive to our . societies Unfortunately , my German is rather dodgy but that's what infographics are for The article features an interview with Vienna's wunderkind Vice-Mayor , Maria
: . 04 September 2012 The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 3 The Bright Side . The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 3 The Bright Side by Lars Barfred with additional info by Mikael Colville-Andersen Read Part 1 Read Part 2 In this series , we are bluntly criticizing the politicians , the City planners , the Police and the Congestion Commission , as you may have figured out . I also need to pay my respects to the people who stick their neck . out Just after Part 1 of the Series was published , the mayor of the City's DoT , Ayfer Baykal announced that her party SF People's Socialist Party aims to make yet another important shopping street much more pedestrian and bicycle . friendly The first shopping street that was transformed and made pedestrian-only was Strøget , back in 1962. The
: 04 September 2012 Lulu Interpreting Bicycles So , Lulu aged 4 the world's youngest urbanist says to me , Daddy , what should I draw I said , How about a cargo bike Off she . went Here's her interpretation . How she regards our cargo bike and its role in our daily lives . Love it . Says it all . Here was her first interpretation of a bicycle . Danish design minimalism . Deconstructing a bicycle to its basic ingredients . Well . except for . pedals Here was her first interpretation of herself with her . bicycle And this was her first interpretation of a cargo bike using our Bullitt as . inspiration Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 09:24 tags : bullitt cargo bike cartoon lulu 1 : comment shuichi said . Wow , wonderful sketches . My daughter also drew a Mama Bicycle http :
: 03 September 2012 The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 2 The State of Copenhagen Congestion Part 2 by Lars Barfred with additional info by Mikael Colville-Andersen An unlikely authority plays an an active role in maintaining a high volume of car traffic in the city and ensures that bicycle infrastructure and facilities are not allowed to . proliferate The Copenhagen Police fight virtually anything that would risk increasing bicycle mobility . Bizarrely , they can veto any initiatives that the city suggests without having to base it on accident statistics or research and they even consistently ignore the guidance from the National Police , who support allowing cyclists to turn right on red . They also soundly ignore recommendations from the City , the Road Directorate and the Transport