How a city became bike friendly

"In 2008 Boulder devoted 46% of its transportation budget to Bikes, Transit + Pedestrians.

Flood mitigation money helped turn drainages into a Bicycling Network."

Boulder Bike Story from Bikes Belong on Vimeo.

Hat tip to Virginia Bicycling Federation.

Cell phone tools can block use while vehicle is moving

Including controls for texting and calling, from NYTimes.com:
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A number of fledgling companies like ZoomSafer, Aegis Mobility and obdEdge employ systems that place restrictions on phones based on the phone’s GPS signal, data from the car itself or from nearby cellphone towers. Any incoming calls are then routed to voice mail or a message explaining that the phone’s owner is driving. Exceptions can be made for certain numbers.

Passengers in cars can override such systems, but in many cases doing so automatically sends an e-mail message to the account administrator — say, a parent or employer — alerting them that the cellphone is in use.

Links to companies mentioned in article:

ZoomSafer.com
Aegis Mobility
obdEdge at CellControl.com

Cycling accident while riding east bound on Shore Drive

Last week there was another serious cycling accident.

What can be shared now, a car cut off a cyclist with a "right hook". Cyclist has suffered a Class 3 Concussion, several broken ribs and an eye injury. He was also hospitalized for a period of time.

He uses his bike to commute and was hit west of Independence Blvd.