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...]
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