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Dec 3, 2022

News Coverage of Bike Fatalities

When addressing the need for improved cycling infrastructure in any urban environment, it’s not only important to consider the design of the improvements, but how they will be implemented. Convincing a city to spend precious funds on cycling infrastructure can sometimes be a hard sell, and often looked upon as foolish. Compare Raleigh NC, with… 

Nov 16, 2022

Why Go Green?

NACTO: Urban Bikeway Design Guide Raleigh Government Website Modern bike lane creation through resurfacing involves painting paths green, but why? This is primarily because color can increase visibility, and green is not already used as a visual shorthand for other traffic related issues. A statement made by the City of Raleigh describing the benefits of… 

Nov 16, 2022

What’s Going on in Philly?

Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in North America and that begs the question: are older cities better for cycling?  If we use the basis that Copenhagen was founded in 1167 then yes.  If we ask the question: are older cities with carriage and pedestrian sized roads that are left intact better for cycling? … 

Nov 14, 2022

Dan Allen Gates

On Friday, November 11, 2022, an NC State student riding a bicycle was struck by a Wolfline bus around 4:00 PM. The accident took place at the corner of Dan Allen Dr. and Yarborough Dr, and the cyclist was taken to WakeMed where he was treated for his injuries. As of the latest update (Saturday morning),… 

Nov 9, 2022

Solving One Issue with Another

In 2020, the city of Memphis, Tennessee was having issues with tires that were being dumped illegally. A former employee of an infrastructure company, Laura Murray, had an idea of how to solve this problem and tackle another one along with it. Her idea was to use the old tires as bike lane barriers. She teamed…