Posts under ‘Safety’

This Thursday, BikeTexas is putting together packages benefiting bicycle/motorist safety education programs and Safe Routes to School. They need to be mailed to government offices all over Texas, and Bike Texas needs a hand getting them all done. They will also continue to do data entry on the Safe Passing petition signatures. Free dinner will [...]

Recently, the New York City cycling advocacy group Biking Rules had a bike safety PSA contest to come up with more creative way to inform cyclists how to be safe on the road. There were three 30 second spot winners that were pretty good, but I have to say I’m a big fan of the [...]

In a followup to yesterday’s post about creating a Nueces Street Bike Boulevard and next Wednesday’s design open house, StreetFilms just released this great video of what makes bike boulevards work and the idea of creating living streets, streets for people instead of streets for cars.

Also included was a link to a guide book for [...]

Nadia Barrera from the City of Austin Bicycle/Pedestrian Program has alerted us to some upcoming open houses on designing a proposed bike boulevard on Nueces Street. If you are not familiar with the concept, bike boulevards are on-street bike routes that either prohibit car traffic or limit it to slow, local only traffic with the [...]

Sharrows, bike boxes now installed and being tested in Austin
Editor Note: As an update to the passage of the Master Bike Plan, Annick Beaudet, the Bicycle Program Manager with the City of Austin in Department of Public Works, has [...]

Last week, Easton Sports and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of Easton’s EA30 Stems.
The bicycle stem can crack and cause the rider to lose control, posing a risk of serious injury if the rider falls. The company received a report of a stem breaking, causing a minor injury to the [...]

In a followup to last week’s volunteer request, BikeTexas is in need of volunteers tonight and Thursday to finish up on data entry on the Safe Passing Law petition. They have asked that you RSVP to mail@biketexas.org if you plan to volunteer so they can plan accordingly.
BikeTexas collected thousands of signatures around the state in [...]

From Nadia Barrera at the City of Austin’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Program:
The bridge over Shoal Creek at 3rd Street will be closed from Monday 11/9/09 to Friday 11/13/09.  The project team will be providing a connection to a 72” water line that runs directly adjacent to the bridge.
Those with questions or concerns can contact Barrera at (512) [...]

With the recently passed Safe Passing ordinance now in effect, the City of Austin has moved toward putting more responsibility on the drivers of cars and trucks to make our roads safe for all users. While bike lanes and bike paths have been found to be the safest option for those on two wheels, sometime [...]

BikePortland recently reported on a study published in Environmental Health that aggregated the results of 23 recent English language reports on bicycle crash data. In contrast to what some (including the [update] former Dallas Bike Coordinator) say, the report found that bicycle infrastructure such as bike lanes and bike paths were safer for cyclists than [...]