2013

Yesterday found the Citizens Bicycle Safety Committee of Newport Beach meeting to decide how best to spend $300,000 earmarked for cycling safety improvements throughout the city.  A list of 15 potential projects was compiled with the assistance of officials and members of the public.  Some have voiced their support for better bike routes leading to… read more

When we’re in the midst of traffic and another automobile suddenly imperils our safety, we have recourse:  the car horn.  All a driver has to do is slam down on the horn (and maybe the brakes), and the other driver will hopefully be alerted to the presence of another vehicle and instinctively adjust their driving… read more

Today will find the Bike Safety Committee of Newport Beach meeting to discuss the ways that the wellbeing of cyclists can be further ensured in the New Year and beyond.  Two recent fatalities among cyclists were what prompted the establishment of a bike safety improvements fund that would see the city matching every donated dollar… read more

The University of Iowa has made a concerted effort to understand citizen behavior in the midst of traffic.  They’ve done so not only with a vehicle driving simulator, but with a bicycle simulator as well.  A new report takes a look at the latter. The bike simulator was designed to help researchers get a handle… read more

Recently, the school district of San-Mateo Foster was the recipient of a $300,000 grant designed to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety among local students.  Officials are now putting that money to use, as a Safe Routes to School program was recently held at a local middle school.  765 students received various lessons on safety, including… read more

A cardboard bicycle was unveiled not long ago, but apparently that was just the tip of the iceberg.  Now, a student from the Royal College of Art has designed a cardboard bike helmet that might even be safer than helmets currently on the market.  Drawing inspiration from the head structure of a woodpecker, the creator… read more

Even as traffic fatalities decline, there is still some cause for worry among safety advocates.  Distracted driving continues to be a problem, and fatal accident rates have not decreased equally among all methods of transport.  New figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actually show a disconcerting uptick in the number of motorcycle, bicycle,… read more

Last Saturday, the Alameda Police Department began implementing two programs meant to enhance bicycle safety around the area.  The first initiative tasks officers with rewarding children whom they deem to be engaged in safe cycling behavior.  The officers will be able to bestow upon such kids a token that can be redeemed for a free… read more

Mountain View is the latest community in California to grow increasingly passionate about the need for measures that would improve bicycle and pedestrian safety.  At a recent city council meeting, a principal from a local school expressed her disappointment with the fact that three kids at the school had been hit on nearby Castro Street. … read more

Bicycle safety was the focus of a recent demonstration held in Murrieta, California.  Students at Buchanan Elementary School were recently treated to the presentation put together thanks to a joint effort from Schwinn Bikes, the North County Fire Protection District, and the ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation.  It was part of the Helmets on Heads… read more

A new article which discusses how the British city of Bristol might improve bicycle safety also contains some important lessons about how the safety of cyclists could be improved stateside as well.  Some of the measures being instituted across Europe should at least be a consideration for legislators here in America. After Bristol was named… read more

Safer Roads Ottawa, Citizens for Safe Cycling, the Ottawa Police Department, and Right Bike partnered yesterday to promote bicycle safety by handing out the necessary equipment to those cyclists in the area who didn’t have such items.  Officials from the organizations were positioned along a stretch of road to hand out some 200 bells and… read more