April 3, 2013
by julie
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Last Friday, a young cyclist named Elyse Stern was killed in a collision at Lake and Cedar Avenues in Minneapolis. The time was 2:15 a.m. There has been a lot of hubbub, and in certain cases outrage, that the Minneapolis … Continue reading
March 6, 2013
by julie
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Last week, on streets.mn, I posted a review of the recent legislative record of the League of American Bicyclists and the National Bike Summit. It led to a series of comments about the importance of having a national gathering of … Continue reading
February 25, 2013
by julie
Comments Off on Women’s Cycling: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
@bikeleague blog: Women’s Forum: Busting Your Butt, Baby Got Back and More ow.ly/2v6BY9 — Bike League(@BikeLeague) February 26, 2013 …because, seriously, we can’t have women discussing women’s cycling, with women, without having everything become somehow sexualized or a reference to body … Continue reading
February 11, 2013
by julie
Comments Off on Danish Finding: Biking or Walking to School Increases Concentration
As I continue to rant regularly about poor school location, poor school design choices, and ridiculous NIMFY shoot-downs of easy school access remediations, in comes a study from Denmark that shows that children who walk or bike to school performed measurably … Continue reading
February 6, 2013
by julie
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MNDOT released a video yesterday about speed limits and research. The key takeaway on this: reducing the posted speed limit has no impact on actual driver behavior in the absence of speed traps and heavy enforcement. Speed Limits: Why Do … Continue reading