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December 4, 2009by Darren FluscheEarlier this week on my ride home I stopped at a red light, waiting to make a left turn, when I heard a woman’s voice say, “excuse me.” I ignored it once but she politely persisted, so I finally turned to see a woman in a large four-door sedan with her window all the way rolled down in the lane next to me. I said hello and she asked me if I felt safe on my bike. “Sure,” I said. “Not me.
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December 1, 2009by Darren FluscheEvery Department of Transportation should have at least one car like this. This was from the DOT in New Mexico.
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November 30, 2009by supportWhile the Twighlight series New Moon is shattering records at the box office, I was reminded of the teen-vampire film of my youth, The Lost Boys.
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November 20, 2009by support
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November 18, 2009by supportThe League receives a lot of calls and emails about cyclists being killed while riding - too many of them actually. Each and every one makes us on staff take a moment and reflect on our own mortality while riding and the importance of our work in protecting cyclists' rights and fighting for safer roads.
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November 13, 2009by supportGreat news!!
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November 11, 2009by supportWhile most of League staff can be found in our Washington, D.C. office, we're often on the road working one on one with communities across the country.
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November 5, 2009by Darren FluscheLast month Reuters reported on a study of bicycle injuries that found an increase in serious bicycling injuries in a Denver hospital from 1996 to 2006. The report, which carried the headline “Bicycle injuries in U.S.
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November 4, 2009by Darren FluscheFile under: one day this will not be news.
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October 30, 2009by Andy ClarkeUSA Today’s Drive On Blog recently had a provocative piece asking whether motorists have let cyclists rights go too far – apparently missing the irony that it was cyclists in the 1880s that literally paved the way for motor vehicles, while simulta