safety / enforcement
St. Paul Police Department Bike Cops
Here is a Minnesota Public Radio News segment profiling St. Paul Bike Cops and the bikes they ride.
City Pages: The top 10 most dangerous bike intersections in Minneapolis (number 10)
Bradley Campbell of City Pages wrote this week's cover story on intersections in Minneapolis that have been less than ideally designed for bicyclists and are being perceived as dangerous. Campbell also shot brief videos showing and describing each intersection. This is the video on the intersectin of the Hiawatha LRT trail and 26th Street in Minneapolis. Watch the videos on bad intersections numbers 9 through 1 here along with my commentary and suggestions for design improvements.
City Pages: The top 10 most dangerous bike intersections in Minneapolis (9 thru 1)
Bradley Campbell of City Pages wrote this week's cover story on intersections in Minneapolis that have been less than ideally designed for bicyclists and are being perceived as dangerous. Campbell also shot brief videos showing and describing each intersection. Watch the videos on bad intersections numbers 9 through 1 here along with my commentary and suggestions for design improvements. Read more >
St Paul Police to Ticket Drivers who Fail to Yield on Snelling
It's been on the books for 9 years, but St. Paul police say motorists continue to refuse to give pedestrians the right of way at roadway intersections. St. Paul City Councilman Russ Stark says the result has been 454 accidents in the past 2 years.
"Most people believe cars have the right of way. Pedestrians have the right of way when they're crossing at intersections," St. Paul Police Commander Gregory Pye said. He went on to explain that pedestrians have the right of way at intersections with or without crosswalks. Read more >
Twin Cities Memorial Ride
On Saturday October 4, 2008 over 300 people rode between the sites of four recent fatal bicycle and automobile collisions. Read more >
Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting 10/1/2008--Hennepin Avenue presentation
This is the first post in a series that will report on the happenings of the Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee as it meets on the first Wednesday of each month (and sometimes more frequently) at City Hall. *Proposed draft layouts attached to this post*. Read more >
Graph: Annual Minnesota motor vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle fatalities
A comparison of Minnesota motor vehicle occupant fatalities with pedestrian and bicycle fatalities for the years 1994 to 2006 (information for 2007 and 2008 is not yet available). Read more >
Graph: Annual Minnesota pedestrian and bicycle fatalities
Minnesota pedestrian and bicycle fatalities for the years 1994 to 2006 (information for 2007 and 2008 is not yet available), compiled from data collected by the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) of the US Department of Transportation. Read more >
Rules of the road for Minnesota cyclists
A summary of Minnesota Bicycle Traffic Laws provided by the Bike Edina Task Force (BETF). Read more >
Parking in the Bicycle Lane (or what not to do)
I took this photo on my walk back to the office from lunch on the Monday after National Park(ing) Day 2008. Read more >
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