A couple days ago I wrote a follow-up to the Bike Fed’s Lobby Day efforts in which I discussed how we need to dispel the myth that people who ride bicycles break the law more frequently than people who drive motor vehicles. My primary argument was people are people, no matter if they are in a [...]
Yesterday I took the long way home for the first time in a long time. Tempted by temperatures in the low 60s, I took a left at the Menomonee Valley Passage and pedaled west to where the Hank Aaron State Trail intersects with the Milwaukee County Oak Leaf Trail. It was such a pleasure to [...]
I can’t tell you how many times people complain about “cyclists” who run red lights, blow through stop signs, ride without lights at night or and don’t pay for the roads. If I had a dollar for every time someone told me that cyclists should be taught the rules of the road and given a [...]
Despite cold rain, over 100 people from more than 40 communities across Wisconsin came to the Bike Fed’s Lobby Day in Madison on Tuesday. Armed with umbrellas, smiles, facts and personal stories, the army of advocates packed offices in our State Capitol to tell their elected representatives why bicycling is important where they live (and [...]
Last Saturday at 12:31 in the afternoon, a 41-year-old man riding a bicycle in Wisconsin Rapids was hit by a 75-year-old man driving an SUV when he attempted to cross Eighth Street.The victims was transported to Riverview Medical Center in Wisconsin Rapids, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the SUV suffered no injuries. According to [...]
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