"Coupled with the fact that 95 percent of vehicles observed during the study period did not yield to pedestrians"
If I am reading the story right a cyclist tried to cross a busy roadway at an intersection during rush hour, I assume no traffic light or crosswalk was installed to allow a cyclists safe and legal passage across this intersection so the lack of accommodations for cyclists turns a victim into a criminal, just for trying to cross a road. I only wish I could get a $1,000 every time some idiot pulled in front me causing me to slow down.
Pedal-powered transportation is good for your health
The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and Transportation Alternatives will host the leading Presidential Candidates' transportation and infrastructure representatives. Hillary Clinton, Rudolph Guliani and Barack Obama have confirmed that they will send staffers. Other candidates are expected to confirm in the near future. "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz will moderate the event.
On Sunday, January 6th, over two hundred people gathered to remember New Yorkers who were killed while biking and walking. The Street Memorial Project lead the 3rd Annual Memorial Ride & Pedestrian Memorial Walk to honor those killed. In 2007, 23 bicyclists and over 100 pedestrians died on NYC streets.
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Ped Safety Training is being held in conjunction with the New Partners Conference in DC in February. The training is described below. People can sign up for just the training if they don't want to attend the conference.
The Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee will meet at 6PM, Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Park HQ 2600 Madison Ave, across from Druid Hill Park.