BikeWalkNC

Bicycle Detection at Demand-Actuated Traffic Signals

Bicyclists are unnecessarily delayed and put at risk by demand-actuated traffic signals that will not turn green for bicyclists. Bicycles with metal rims (aluminum or steel) are easily detected by inductive loop detectors that have been properly designed and adjusted to do so. Appropriate loop sensor designs also detect motorcycles, cars, and trucks over the loop without detecting large vehicles in the adjacent lane. The State of California has standardized on traffic signal sensor designs and adjustment procedures to detect bicycles. Unfortunately, most communities in North Carolina do not … [Read more...]

NC Bike Summit Call for Proposals

The call for proposals is now open for the third annual NC Bike Summit which will be hosted in Greensboro, North Carolina October 9-12, 2014. The mission of the NC Bike Summit is to: foster collaboration between North Carolina’s various bicycle movements, efforts, and endeavors; educate local government staff, bicycle advocates, and policy leaders; promote cycling as a valid form of transportation and as an economic driver; and highlight North Carolina’s dedication toward becoming a premier bicycle friendly state. This year’s theme – Pedal Forward – is meant to inspire presenters to be … [Read more...]

Cyclists Needed for Rumble Strip Study

A request for volunteers in western NC (Almond area) to help with an ITRE rumble strip study: We are seeking volunteer bicyclists for a research project this March! The Institute for Transportation Research and Education is conducting a study to evaluate how variations in gaps between rumble strips* affect a bicyclist’s ability to cross them when riding on roads with steep downhill grades. If you participate in this study, you will help us test different options for gap-spacing between rumble strips by riding your bicycle through a designated test area in the mountains of western North … [Read more...]

Presentations from the 2013 NC Bike Summit

Below are Adobe .pdf files of presentations that have been made publicly available from the 2013 NC Bike Summit: Albemarle Regional Bicycle Plan Bicycle Parking Bicycling and Walking as Economic Development Bridge II Sports - Adapted Cycling Chapel Hill Transit - Bikes on Buses Connecting Bicycle Counts and Advocacy in Winston-Salem Get Engaged - Oaks and Spokes Community Based Approach Let's Go NC Moving Beyond Bicycle Friendly - Greensboro's Past, Present, and Future Raleigh Bike Share - Feasibility Study and Implementation Plan Safe Routes to School in the Winston-Salem Urban … [Read more...]

ACTION ALERT ! PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE this Friday, Feb. 21 Deadline – Bike-Ped funding shortfall

ACTION ALERT/Statewide bike-ped funding deadline > We have until this Friday, Feb. 21 to let our collective voices be heard ! BikeWalk NC (formerly North Carolina Active Transportation Alliance) has been told the new deadline for public comment on statewide funding for all future transportation projects is February 21, having been postponed due to last week's winter storm. The BikeWalk NC Board urges you to speak up on bike-ped funding even though the situation looks grim. Win or lose, it is crucial that you contact (1) NCDOT Division staff. If you have time, send a cc to your (2) MPO and … [Read more...]

Southeast Raleigh Assembly Bicycle Education Clinic

League Cycling Instructors Jaime Angelero, Scott Lane and Scott Naeser have entered into an agreement to teach Safe Cycling to a year-round group of identified at risk kids, elementary to high school. They are sponsored by the Southeast Raleigh Assembly which is a not for profit educational group that works with kids throughout the area. It is projected to be a long term relationship of education, mentoring and support. Thanks to Safe Kids of Wake County these children received new helmets. They learned, easily, how to start and stop without wobbling. They learned to scan, give hand signals … [Read more...]

Legal issues about riding single file

In the span of a week, two cyclists from different parts of the state have asked NCATA (1) whether state law allows or prohibits riding wider than single file (e.g. two abreast), and (2) whether a town can create local regulations to require single file cycling. Here is our response, as experienced cyclist safety advocates who have worked extensively with local police, and not - disclaimer here - as legal counsel: There is no NC state law requiring bicyclists operate single file in a single marked lane. Like any other vehicle driver, bicyclists under state law make normal use of travel … [Read more...]