Blog: Bicycle - Page 57

Looks like I actually need another bike.  No one is more surprised than my wife…. I only have four other bikes.  I got my main road bike, Bianchi Infinito with full carbon wheels, my old Klein road bike for rain, etc., my very old hybrid that is now too crappy for me to ride or …

Amsterdam is having major traffic jams, but they aren’t cars. It’s because of bicycles. To Americans, this sounds crazy. Especially if you’re from LA.  But there are now more bikes than people in Amsterdam, and four times as many bikes as cars. And this has led to parking shortages–again, for bikes–that have clogged the city’s …

Minneapolis, one of the first cities in the US to implement a large scale bike sharing program, is now becoming one of the safest bike cities in the country. In a recent article by Minneapolis Public Works Director Steve Kotke, he outlines what is necessary to improve, and keep improving, the city’s bike and general …

  I know the average person feels being on a sidewalk is one of the safest places to ride.   There are plenty of advantages of riding on a side walk or protected bike lane.  However, surprisingly, we represent many people that are hit by cars while using a sidewalk/ bike path.    More importantly, virtually every …

New studies done recently have shown that biking is perhaps the mode of transportation that best promotes consumerism, as compared to walking, driving, and public transportation. People on bikes are more likely to stop at multiple destinations and make more frequent trips than those travelling by one of the alternatives. Walkers do not purchase as …

Andrew Kass, founding partner for bike accident firm BikeAccidentAdvice, was quoted in a recent Sun Times article outlining the new bicycle paths and improvement of old paths around the Chicago area. In the near future, these paths will be accessible thanks to funding from federal transportation enhancement grants. As a top bicycle accident lawyer based …