"Save Lives on Shore Drive" Facebook group

Save Lives on Shore Drive at Facebook:

This is a page created for Save Lives on Shore Drive. It is made up of family and friends of the pedestrians who lost their lives on Shore Drive, as well as citizens who believe in this cause.

There are 226 Members at the time of this post.

Kokoamos June 24th - Support "Increase Pedestrian Safety on Shore Drive"

From the Facebook group:

Kokoamos
2100 Marina Shores Drive
off Great Neck Road

It's time to celebrate!! Pease come out and help support Save Lives on Shore Drive. We've already got the speed limit lowered lets see what else we can accomplish when we work together! So this Thursday from 6-10 please come by!

For more information there is another page on facebook called Save Lives On Shore Drive.


Music by JACKMOVE!

FHA's 2009 National Household Travel Survey shows that both bicycling and walking trips have increased by 25 percent since 2001.

Can you imagine how much it will increase thanks to 35?

How about when there's bike lanes and multi-use paths on all of Shore Drive?

More about FHA's report at The Hampton Roads Cyclist:

“This report demonstrates what we’ve been saying here at the Department,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Americans want and need safe alternatives to driving. And by making biking and walking safer and more accessible, we’ll be able to provide Americans with more choices and help foster more active, livable communities.”

"The speed limit decision is one part of a three-step process to improve safety on Shore Drive."

The title of this post is at the WAVY.com article.

Another interesting bit in the article:

The city hopes the new speed limit will encourage drivers to yield to people trying to cross the road.

From yesterday:

It's the end of the world as we know it

35!

NRVBike.com added to our Elsewhere Link List

The New River Valley Bicycle Association:

The New River Valley Bicycle Association (NRVBA) is an organization representing cyclists in Floyd, Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski counties and the City of Radford. Our job is to make sure your communities are places where it is friendly and enjoyable for everyone to bike.

"Bike Norfolk is a coalition of cycling clubs and organizations from in and around Norfolk"

Please consider joining them in Facebook:

...dedicated to promoting safe road, mountain, commuter, and recreational cycling in the region.

"Lowering your speed by 5 mph when traveling at 35 to 45 mph will boost fuel economy as much as 10 percent, according to [the GAO]."

At Wired's Autopia blog article entitled Slow Down and Spare the Planet:

Photo: Library of Congress. In Washington, D.C., speed limits went from 40 mph to 35 within 24 hours of the Baruch Rubber Investigating Committee recommending lower speeds nationwide in September, 1942.

It's worth clicking just for the photo if you don't have time to read the article and PDF.

VB Judge allows Red Light Camera's use against Driver "in connection with the hit and run of a bicyclist"

From Pilotonline.com:

On the night of March 15, police arrived at the 800 block of S. Military Highway to find a 52-year-old bicyclist with broken bones, cuts, and bruising, according to a police news release.

The bicyclist told police that he was riding south on the road when he was struck by a pickup truck. The suspect then fled the scene.

Friday Pilot Editorial in support of 35

Editorial in the Pilot for Friday June 11th:

The vote last week was the fastest and least expensive way to make the four-lane road less deadly, and the council, lately a sharply divided group, was smart to speak in a united voice.

[Note: This Editor believes it is absurd that some people have written that they think this was a negative decision and a 25 MPH Speed Limit is next. Also, when the data is made public, people will see drunks crossing Shore Drive was never the issue. Speed, driving distracted, poor decision making and more all contributed. Finally - killing the image that Shore Drive is an interstate needed to die. Not more people. If you don't want to help make Shore Drive safer - go around.]