Bike Safety

Cyclist Who Killed Pedestrian: 'I Just Plowed Through The Crosswalk'

Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.06.2012

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Following a post that surfaced on an online forum, officials from the city's District Attorney's office are considering pressing charges against a bic...

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A Cyclist's Departure

Xavier L. Suarez | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Rickenbacker Causeway, Bike Safety, Bicycling, Aaron Cohen Hit and Run, Aaron Cohen Rickenbacker, Bike Lanes, Bike Accident, Miami News
Xavier L. Suarez

Aaron Cohen has been wrenched from our lives. And the sense of loss is overwhelming. Was the tragedy avoidable? I don't rightly know, but I know we didn't try hard enough to avoid it.

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Should City's Cyclists Be Licensed To Ride?

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Bike Safety, Cyclist Traffic Laws, Protected Bike Lanes, Bike Traffic Laws, Transportation Commission, Licensing Bicyclists, Chicago Cycling, Cell Phone Biking Ban, Gabe Klein, Cycling Policy, Bike Licenses, Video, Richard Mell, Rahm Emanuel, Biking in Chicago, License, Cycling Licenses, Chicago News

Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) confronted Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein during a budget hearing Wednesday about his frustrations with unsafe cyclin...

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FLASHBACK: Bike Safety Rap

Posted 12.14.2011

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Hey gang, listen up! We've got some important news for you! We know you kids like to spend your time indoors with your Pound Puppies and ColecoVisi...

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Free Bike Helmets! Berkeley Gives A Present To EVERY Resident

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Bike Safety, Free Bike Helmets Berkeley Ca, Free Bike Helmets Berkeley California, Bike Helmets Berkeley, City of Berkeley Injury Prevention Program, Free Bike Helmet Berkeley, Bike Safety Berkeley, San Francisco News

Biking has a lot of advantages—it's great exercise, and your average Schwinn gets infinitely better gas mileage than even the most Prius-y Prius. ...

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On the Road, Can't We All Just Get Along?

David Murphy | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Bike Safety, Bicycling, Mass Transit, Buses, Traffic Laws, La Traffic, Reckless Driving, Los Angeles News
David Murphy

Drivers vs. bicyclists, car lovers vs. bike activists. A multi-modal holy war. An exaggeration? Of course. But sadly, the casualties and even fatalities on our roads are all too real.

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Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On

Keith Ecker | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Chicago Right of Way, Bike Safety, Traffic Laws, Biking, Rahm Emanuel, Dooring, Bicycling, Chicago Bike Sharing, Gabe Klein, Pedestrians, Chicago News
Keith Ecker

For Chicago bike riders, there is one rule of the road: bikers are always right. At least that's the impression you get from many in the cyclist community.

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Pedestrian Hit By Cyclist Dies

Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.11.2011

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A woman who was hit by a bicyclist while walking though a crosswalk at the intersection of Mission Street and The Embarcadero has died. The pedestr...

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Bicyclist Killed In Post-Lolla Weekend Crash

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Lollapalooza, Bike Safety, Jacqueline Michon, Jacqueline Michon Chicago, Jacqueline Michon Crash, r.i.p. Jacqueline Michon, Bike Accidents, Bike Crashes, Chicago Bike Safety, Bicycling, Chicago News

A Chicago fitness instructor and Lollapalooza festival-goer was killed in downtown Chicago Friday evening after she lost balance while riding her bicy...

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WATCH: Hipster 4th Of July PSA

Posted 08.30.2011

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It's important to remember safety while celebrating this holiday weekend. While for most people that probably means applying lots of sun screen and ma...

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Girl, 8, Killed In Hit And Run On Southwest Side

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Bike Safety, Biking, Chicago Crime, Bike Accidents, Hit and Run, Mariela Crisotomo, Bicycling, Chicago Police, Chicago News

Chicago police are looking for the driver of a gray SUV that allegedly struck and killed an 8-year-old girl on the Southwest Side Tuesday afternoon. ...

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Bike Lanes From Around The World (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sometimes when space is tight, cyclists and motorists don't like the share the road. Some cities around the world have come up with creative and uniqu...

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Non-Naked Bike Protest Digs Deep Into The Heart of the Hasidic Community (VIDEO)

Boonsri Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hasids, Bike Safety, Video, Williamsburg, Bikes, Brooklyn, Bedford, Eyes, New York News
Boonsri Dickinson

Want-to-be-naked cyclists might be wasting their time trying to stir up tensions in the Hasidic community. As one member suggested to me on my Monday morning visit: Go to City Hall.

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