The More Things Change
the American biking community itself split, violently, in the eighteen-nineties, between those who were in favor of dedicated bike paths and those who mistruste...
Author: Paul Schimek
Bicycle Guidelines and Crash Rates on Cycle Tracks in the United States
Anne Lusk and her collaborators have published a paper in the American Journal of Public Health claiming that “the risk of bicycle–vehicle crashes is lowe...
Lessons from Tragedies
Peter Furth is spreading the misinformation (as has Pete Stidman before him) that I prevented the installation of bike lanes in Boston. This is absolutely not t...
Out of The Frying Pan
In a recent column, Derrick Z. Jackson of The Boston Globe makes this observation about city cycling: “But for the most part, the streets still belong to ...
Still a Need to Train Police Officers
An amazing story from New York City: Â bicyclist Christina Thede passes a double-parked car, is nearly doored by its driver, complains to him, and goes on her wa...
AAA Bike Safety
The Sept/Oct issue of American Bicyclist has a feature article, “Bringing Bicycling into the Mix: The New AAA” (not yet on the LAB website) consisti...
The Phoenix Gets it Wrong
Every time that a newspaper or magazine runs an article on laws and advice about safe bicycling, I cringe. I know that there is a good chance that they will get...
Centre/South Bike Markings Plan
This bicyclist had to swerve as the oblivious motorist flung open her door on Centre Street in the heart of the business district where parking turnover is high...
Door Zone Bike Lanes Again
John Ruch finally published his story about bike lanes in Jamaica Plain, only half of which made it to the print edition. As usual, Ruch mangled the quotes. The...
Save the Bike Lanes on Concord Ave!
Concord Avenue north of Fresh Pond in Cambridge has perfectly nice, five-foot bike lanes. They’re not even in the door zone, since there is no on-street p...