Bike Walk Life Archive - page 3

The state of California has enacted their Freedom to Walk Act. This is the latest in our national trend to legalize walking by removing dated “jaywalking” laws. keep reading →

Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung has an article about her first time bike commuting. She writes, "the experience was mentally exhausting, at once harrowing and cathartic." keep reading →

Coffeeneuring Challenge returns in 2022 for its twelfth year

Fall is here, which means Coffeeneuring weather. Coffeeneuring is the annual challenge where we ride our bikes and drink hot, autumnal beverages. keep reading →

Over 200 cities participated in the 2022 Fancy Women Bike Ride

The Fancy Women Bike Ride is an international event where women dress up in fancy clothes and ride bicycles as a group. The event celebrates World Car Free Day and aims to push cities to create welcoming spaces for women to cycle. This year, on September 18, over 200 cities around the world hosted it. keep reading →

The League of American Bicyclists has new reports based on federal data for how Americans are commuting without cars, available on data.bikeleague.org. keep reading →

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, AKA the Climate Bill, is moving forward. However, its latest iteration has dropped a lot of the provisions for biking and walking and instead focuses on electric cars. keep reading →

Riding bicycles on sidewalks can be confusing topic, and this is exasperated by the fact that many states have vastly different rules about it. Bike Law's website can help with their page which lists the local laws for every state. keep reading →

Shawn Granton of Urban Adventure League wrote a blog post titled "can Portland style bike fun culture take hold elsewhere?" It reflects on "DIY" bicycle events hosted by individuals rather than organizations. keep reading →

NPR's Bill Chappell published a short reflection on bicycling. "Just like life," he says, "riding my bike doesn't always make sense. But that's why I love it." It's part of their I'm Really Into series. keep reading →

Dangerous by Design 2022: traffic deaths are getting worse, especially in the Sun Belt

Smart Growth America released their annual "Dangerous by Design" report for 2022. The results show that traffic deaths continue to rise nationwide, but some places are worse than others. keep reading →

The "Drive Less, Bike More" challenge aims to log 2 million miles in 2022

The League of American Bicyclists has launched their "Drive Less, Bike More" challenge for 2022, and their goal is for Americans to collectively bike at least 2 million miles this year. keep reading →

Gracy Olmstead is a writer and a Strong Towns board member. For her July newsletter, she published a reflection of what it was like to live for a year without a car and with three children. keep reading →

On May 28, I uploaded a six-second video to TikTok showing a truck pass me dangerously and illegally. Within a week, it received over 129 thousand views and over 700 comments. keep reading →

Bicycle and pedestrian fatalities keep rising, and it’s clearer than ever that our transportation system is deadly by design. Although there’s no popular consensus on how to reverse this trend yet, many activists are working on it anyway. NPR just published a report on some of those efforts. keep reading →

2020 saw an unprecedented spike in traffic violence, and 2021 got even worse. Deaths among drivers, pedestrians, and bicycle riders all went up. Smart Cities Dive has a summary of the latest report. keep reading →

Our transportation system is a disaster to human life, and no one cares

I have believed that one powerful argument in support of transportation reform is to simply show how deadly our car-centric system is. Millions of people have died, and will continue to die, in part from the volume of cars on our roads and how the roads themselves are engineered. But, as damning as that sounds, even die-hard car drivers don’t dispute it. Everyone is aware that our roads are deadly. They just don’t care. keep reading →

In 2020, Obianuju Osuegbu was riding her bicycle on her way home from work when a car driver, who was high on drugs, struck her and ended her life. Law enforcement placed the blame on her and have yet to prosecute the driver. Now her family is doing what they can to make sure justice takes place. keep reading →

The Guardian posted a profile of Andrew Tierney, a UK man who has begun fighting anti-bicycle trolls. It delves into the kinds of online abuse he sees and his strategies for addressing it. keep reading →

AAA revealed some new survey data on how Americans are reacting to rising gas prices, and it shows that we've possibly crossed a threshold. keep reading →

The Cycling Professor on Twitter often says, regarding bicycle infrastructure, “we have no lack of space, just a lack of imagination.” keep reading →

Researchers analyzed 91 peer-reviewed scientific studies on the public acceptance of AVs (autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars). They found that a majority of these studies have a pro-AV bias in either their methodology or their sentiment. keep reading →

The Atlantic recently published an article by Angie Schmitt which gets right to the point. Our cars are getting bigger and bigger, and traffic deaths are going up as a result. keep reading →

Bicycle Infrastructure Manuals is a website that hosts documents about (as you may guess) bicycle infrastructure from around the world. keep reading →

A new study aims to quantify the lives we could save by bicycling instead of driving cars in the future. Its "ambitious high bike use" scenario predicts that 205,424 early deaths would be prevented globally by 2050. Of those, 15,309 would be in the United States. keep reading →