Making The Case For Equality
I live in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Late in 2011, I began an effort to remove discriminatory language from my city’s bicycle ordinances, an effort that...
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Appreciation for the Generic Slow Vehicle Law
Many bicycle-stay-right laws are poorly conceived and generated needless conflicts between cyclists and police. North Carolina has found a better way.
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What Most People Don’t Understand About the Cherokee Schill Case
Some vocal detractors want you to believe this is about a woman being inconsiderate of motorists and trying to make a point. That could not be farther from the truth. This case exposes a significant challenge to our right to travel safely on the roadway.
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Right to Road Challenged in Kentucky
Recently, the bicycling world has been aghast to learn that a law-abiding citizen is being charged with “reckless driving” in Kentucky…despite all facts to the contrary.
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Overcoming Ignorance And Fear
This is the story of living with a disability, overcoming that disability, suffering under a forced re-imposition of that disability, struggling against that imposition, and finally subduing it. That is not my physical disability of blindness, but my intellectual disability of ignorance and fear.
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Reality Check: The Hadley Harassment Case
Since August 2009, Eli Damon has been put through the ringer of court cases, trials, and perhaps most demeaning: Lousy media reporting. The Daily Hampshire Gazette recently published a highly misinformed and misleading opinion about the latest ruling. The Editor needs a little Reality Check.
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The Marginalization of Bicyclists
Why Bicyclists Don’t Actually Have the Rights and Duties of Drivers of Vehicles and What We Can Do About It Now
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Making The Case For Equality
The case, supporting materials and videos used in an effort to remove discriminatory language from a city’s bicycle ordinances.
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