The national Alliance for Biking and Walking has just released its 2010 Benchmarking Report and the news for South (and North) Carolina is plain awful.
The report shows that while 5% of trips in South Carolina are by bicycle or foot, bicyclists and pedestrians account for 12% of traffic fatalities.
Lack of investment in bicycling and walking [...]
CONTINUE READINGCheck this out, a cartoon from a South Carolina paper hard on the heels of two high-profile fatality cases. Look, I’m all in favor of free speech, but this is just nasty. The cartoon pretends that it is a dead cyclist’s fault for riding on the road! We should all be doing more riding, and [...]
CONTINUE READINGAG: Raleigh is considering bicycle lanes on Hillsborough Street. Is there really a debate about this? With all the students riding their bicycles near North Carolina State University, bike lanes are a must. Write, email or call your city counsel members to let them know what you think. Here is a letter by Lori McDaniel, a nearby resident and [...]
CONTINUE READINGNew mybikelaw.com pro bono case: cyclist shot at by driver in rural South Carolina (“it was only a warning shot” explained the worthless police officer). Stay tuned for the story as it unfolds.
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