In part 3 of his comprehensive overview of cycling law enforcement, Kirby Beck explains: What police need to learn How to get heard by your local police...
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In part 2 of his comprehensive overview of cycling law enforcement, Kirby Beck explains: What police mean when they describe something as a “problem” (hint: it’s...
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In this series of videos, Kirby Beck – retired police officer, instructor and trainer with the International Police Mountain Bike Association – gives a comprehensive...
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Presentation by Dan Gutierrez at the 2013 I Am Traffic Colloquium: The 6 ‘E’s of Bicycling Equity — Equality, Education, Engineering, Enforcement,...
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Thanks to the tireless volunteer work of John Allen, Robert Seidler, and of course Keri Caffrey, we now can share the first video from the I Am Traffic Colloquium. In...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The case, supporting materials and videos used in an effort to remove discriminatory language from a city’s bicycle ordinances.
Read More...In part 3 of his overview of cycling law enforcement, Kirby Beck explains what police need to learn and how to get heard by your local police department.
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The issue of courtesy often comes up when bicyclists discuss traffic, especially when motorists are part of the conversation. Most bicyclists want to be respectful of others and to set a good example. However, different assumptions, experiences and knowledge about traffic bicycling can result in different opinions of what this means. How can cyclists extend courtesies to their fellow road users, while prioritizing their own safety? We answer that question as it’s addressed by cycling classes such as CyclingSavvy and BikeWalk NC’s Traffic Bicycling course.
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Do you think requiring bicyclists to have licenses would raise bicyclists’ stature in the eyes of law enforcement and the driving public?
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Today I’m going to tell you how I became disabled and how I make the most of it… an inspirational talk by Michie O’Day
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Teaching children to travel effectively by bicycle as they get older develops patience, discipline, self reliance and personal responsibility. Learning to negotiate traffic by bicycle also teaches essential driving skills that will make them safer and more courteous motorists later.
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A common criticism of cyclist education is simply that “it doesn’t work.” Presented with such a statement, I suppose we first have to ask, “work at what?”
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This presentation explains the root cause of the beliefs that inhibit bicycling in America, why the prevailing strategy can’t fix it, and offers a strategy that can.
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If you are like most motorists, you take the first opportunity to pass the cyclist safely, regardless of the stripe. After all, the purpose of the solid yellow line is to indicate where it is unsafe to pass, and the purpose of prohibiting drivers from crossing a solid yellow line to pass another driver is to prevent unsafe passing. So if it is safe to pass, then why is the solid yellow line there in the first place?
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Our local highway and traffic department has striped a “bike lane” on the shoulder of a busy road. Much of the bike lane is split between “road grade” pavement and “shoulder grade” pavement by a meandering line. Are there any standards at all for condition of the paved surface in a bike lane?
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Successful bicyclist behavior is driven by knowledge of common crash types and the behaviors needed to successfully avoid them. This article explores the characteristics and consequences of bicyclist behavior.
Read More...In part 3 of his overview of cycling law enforcement, Kirby Beck explains what police need to learn and how to get heard by your local police department.
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Kirby Beck – an instructor with the International Police Mountain Bike Association – explains how to report incidents to 911 and what to do if you get issued with a cycling citation.
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Kirby Beck–an instructor with the International Police Mountain Bike Association–gives an overview of the state of cyclists and law enforcement.
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As absurd as it sounds the cyclist went back to jail that same night — arrested again on his way home from jail, for operating on the roadway.
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The origin and influence of our stories. Understanding negative stories and how they are held in place by cultural norms. Unleashing the power of positive stories.
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The barriers to bicycling are perceived more-so than real, so helping people to see the possibilities is a key strategy. People are influenced and encouraged in different ways and through different channels, including the social realm, economics, urban planning and engineering, and the practical aspects of the bicycle itself and its accessories.
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An evaluation of bicycle facilities and bicyclist behavior at the 6-way intersection of U Street, 16th Street and New Hampshire Ave. in Washington D.C.
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