Tuesday, January 31, 2006
CM January 2006 Video
Night Parking
Monday, January 30, 2006
Sun and Wheels
Rubber side down
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Saturday, January 28, 2006
A List for Change
-Mandatory side guards of trucks-Ban automobile advertising which promotes speed or agressive driving
-Limit the power and speed of licenceable automobiles
-Design requirements for reducing harm to people outside of the
vehicle in a collision, removing the most
dangerous vehicles from the road (ie SUVs)
-Extensive driver training requirements, with ongoing training and
testing. Significant training on driving in the presence of cyclists
and pedestrians, and education on the consequences of hitting
vulnurable road users
-At least 50% fault automatically assigned to any driving hitting a
pedestrian or cyclist, 100% if they hit a minor or senior (as in
Germany). Even with no-fault insurance, there is an important effect
of assigning responsibility.
-Changes to road design, particularly in residential areas, which
-Limit vehicle speed
-Increase use of long-term and lifetime driving suspensions
-Increase the minimum driving age
-Public campaigns advertising the dangers of speed and careless
driving, akin to the relatively successful anti drinking and driving
campaigns.
-A shift in media and public perception away from blaming the victims
of road crashes when those victims are pedestrians or cyclists
-A shift in media and public perception towards seeing reckless and
dangerous driving as *deliberate* criminal acts, like drinking and
driving or assault.
Feel free to add other ideas. (thanks to Levi Waldron for the list)
Friday, January 27, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The Universal Cyclist
"Many hundreds of cyclists ride the roads, despite the traffic jams, the run-down roads and the hostility of drivers and the police. There is no sport that is healthier, friendlier, more aesthetic, more ecologically sound or less violent.The thoroughfares of civilized countries are graced with bright splashes of color on weekends as cyclists hit the road. Here they are honked at, cursed, subjected to every kind of intimidation that daredevil drivers can think up.
The police offer no protection. Bicycle riders are considered a burden and a nuisance. All a passing police car will do is bark at them to 'move to the right'.
-Hanoch Marmari-
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Critical Mass this Friday
Send in the Clowns!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Copy Cats
Monday, January 23, 2006
The Ball Breaker
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Old School Peugeot
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Snow Banana
Friday, January 20, 2006
The Thirsty Chain
Thursday, January 19, 2006
The New Steeds
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Every Day
Monday, January 16, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Riding in the Gutter
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Generations
Friday, January 13, 2006
The Paint Job
I Hate Team Discovery
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Achtung!
Style
High Life and the End of Oil
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Shopping
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Beautiful Day
Monday, January 09, 2006
Ice Lane
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Private Parking
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Wrapped
Friday, January 06, 2006
Nice try
Thursday, January 05, 2006
The Morning Commute
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Bike Route Signs
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Happy 2006 (Best 2005 Photos)
Jun Nogima, Ride of Silence
Michelle van Beusekom, Montreal
Joel Gwad, Washington D.C.
Paul Whyte, Toronto
(left to right)
Jun Nogima
Phillip Baron, US
Joel Gwad, Peru.
Briana Illingsworth, Ireland.
Toons
Monday, January 02, 2006
In Memory of Henry Kock
Henry was a great advocate for Cycling and
the Earth. He will be sorely missed and my
heart goes out to his wife and great cycling
activist Anne Hansen.
