Hoprider 100
Ever since I visited Berlin in 2015 I have been a huge fan of built-in bicycle lighting using hub dynamos. They were all over in Germany, since there most bicyc...
Author: Paul Schimek
Easing into Bicycling
In search of family recreation, a substitute for closed gyms, or a way of getting around when public transportation is unsafe, Americans are rediscovering the b...
Unsurprising Surprises on the new Comm Ave
The new “protected” bike lanes (between the parked cars and the sidewalk) on Commonwealth Avenue along Boston University are finally (mostly) usable...
How Protective are Protected Bike Lanes?
Protected bike lanes are popping up everywhere in the Boston area and around the country. These newfangled facilities, where the bike lane is separated from tra...
Dooring is Real. So Stop Putting Bike Lanes in the Door Zone
I have been doing some research about bike lanes and on-street parking over the past few years and have found: Most crash data sources do not include crashes wh...
Motorist Overtaking Fatalities in Urban Areas
The U.S. DOT/NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System now includes a code for bicyclist crash type. The map below has the 2015 fatalities that involve m...
Bicycling is Dangerous–When Drunk Or Negligent Drivers are About
On June 28 2016, a year after causing the death of 18-year-old bicyclist Fritz Philogene (pictured below) in Dorchester, Mass., Gregory McCoy plead guilty and w...
Death by Harassment
Another bicyclist has tragically and needlessly died in the Boston area. Not because bicycling is dangerous, but because harassment by motorists is — when...
Boston Bicyclist Injury Report
I’ve finally completed a report analyzing almost 1,800 bicyclist crash incidents reported by Boston Police between 2009 and 2012. The City of Boston produ...
Lessons Not Learned
[Note: This post was originally written in 2013 but never completed until now.] I first came across the tragic story of Alice Swanson when reading this letter t...