When Are Governments Liable?
If a cyclist gets hurt riding on a public path, is the government legally responsible for the injury?The post When Are Governments Liable? appeared first on Cycling Utah.
View ArticleMad Dog Cycles Wins Gold Level Bike Friendly Business Award; Boise State...
By Charles Pekow Boise State University just passed its first exam in Cycling 101. It became one of the first officially designated bicycle friendly universities in the country. The school was awarded...
View ArticleBicycle Safety Funds Could Be Better Utilized
A pot of gold for promoting bicycle safety remains largely unused in most of the country. It comes from the same federal law that funds Transportation Enhancements, Recreational Trails, and the...
View ArticleUtah and Idaho Fall in Bicycle Friendly State Rankings
As states, both Utah and Idaho leave a lot to be desired when it comes to bicycle friendliness. Both states got low or failing grades in most of the six subjects they were graded on by the League of...
View ArticleNew Methods Sought for Bike Counts
By Charles Pekow Let’s face it: planners just don’t know enough about how many bicyclists and pedestrians are using the roads. Transportation officials have long used established methods to count...
View ArticleHow Utah’s Congressional Delegation Stands on Cycling
By Charles Pekow, November 1, 2011 The folks who represent Utah across the continent in our nation’s capital like to ride bicycles. But the Republican-dominated Utah congressional delegation’s fondness...
View ArticleBoise State Earns Silver Bike Friendly University Award
Study harder and improve your grade, they say at school. And that's exactly what Boise State University (BSU) did. A year ago, it became one of the first institutions to win honors as a Bicycle...
View ArticleAlpine Cited For Great Use of Safe Routes to School Grant
You needn't look any further than Alpine, right here in Utah to prove the benefits of the endangered Safe Routes to School (SRS) program. SRS itself is traveling an unsafe route to survival, running on...
View ArticleThe Changing Landscape for Bike Advocacy – Lessons from the 2012 National...
The landscape is changing and this means the Utah bicycling community is going to have to switch gears to adapt. No, not just to ride the reconstructed roads, new trails and bridges or added mountain...
View ArticleUtah Soars, Idaho Dives in Bike Friendly States Rankings; Park City Wins...
This year, Utah finished in 13th place, a large improvement over last year's 31st place finish among the 50 states. Idaho, on the other foot, dropped from 30th place to a disgraceful 36th spot. [Rain...
View ArticleUtah’s Saturday Cycles Wins 2012 Silver Bicycle Friendly Business Award;...
The folks in the Boise area sure know how to get credit for improving bicycling conditions in their community. They are winning incredible recognition from the League of American Bicyclists (LAB)...
View ArticleUtah and Idaho Spend Larger Share than Average on Bike/Ped Projects
the lion's share of the bike/ped money is pretty much evenly split among pedestrian projects and off-road trails. States use far less of the money converting abandoned rail corridors into trails,...
View ArticleStudy Looks at Connectivity for Cyclists
One big reason people don't cycle across cities is the lack of convenience in connecting one cycling route to another. People will only go so far out of their way, ride only so much along heavily...
View ArticleNew Transportation Bill Means Changes for Bike Funding and Bike Advocates
The rules of the road – and the bike trail – are about to change. Ready or not, here they come. And bike advocates better get ready because the game is changing come October 1. On that date, the new...
View ArticleFFKR Architects Wins Bike Friendly Business Award; 3 Boise Businesses Honored
FKR Architects of Salt Lake City became the state's first architectural firm to win a BFB award and the only new BFB in Utah added to the roll in the spring 2013 honors.The post FFKR Architects Wins...
View ArticleBike Friendly State Rankings: Utah drops 1, Idaho gains 10
Idaho made a significant jump in the national Bicycle Friendly State rankings this year. Utah, meanwhile, appeared to be pedaling a stationary bike, if you compare the 2013 state-by-state rankings...
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