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Teramura: How an Ottawa cyclist ended up in the ER, thinking about Doug Ford

As I was recovering, It occurred to me that Ford is sending cheques to us when it can’t adequately provide primary care, emergency services or addiction treatment to those in need.

#Ottawa #Ontario #OnPoli #BikeLanes #BikeSafety #HealthCare

ottawacitizen.com/opinion/otta

ottawacitizenTeramura: How an Ottawa cyclist ended up in the ER, thinking about Doug FordOntario is sending cheques to us when it can’t adequately provide primary care, ER services or addiction treatment to those in need.

Now available: League of American #Bicyclists / #BikeLeague recording of 1/16/24 webinar “How to Host an LCI Seminar.” (LCI = League Cycling Instructor)

Access the recording, and get additional details, at: bikeleague.org/ridesmart/becom

Throughout the #USA, communities would benefit (as would the planet!) by having more people confident that they have the necessary road riding skills to help keep them safer while biking. Having more LCIs everywhere, to teach #SmartCycling skills, can help!

In #MontereyCounty there are very few LCIs, e.g., bikemonterey.org/league-cyclin

League of American BicyclistsHow To Host a Seminar | League of American BicyclistsDo you want to be able to call on more LCIs in your area to teach bike safety education? Consider hosting an LCI seminar. The League makes it easy to…
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Near me, the experienced #cyclists tend to yell things like "Passing on you left!" when coming up behind each other and behind pedestrians. But with the proliferation of inexperienced #bicyclists due to #ebikes, and with their tendency to go so darn fast, I've been getting a lot more surprises from behind me.

It's especially dangerous for pedestrians with a #dog on a leash, some of whom have been (correctly, for roads) trained to stay to their human's LEFT on walks, or who were never trained to stay on one side of their human in the first place. With slower #bikes and fair warning yelled out, that didn't tend to be a problem before.

Squirrels can suddenly inspire attempts at chasing them, even by dogs on a leash, on either side of the trail. #Dogs do unexpected things.

PLEASE yell out "Passing!" folks (or ring that bell). Don't just zip up from behind.

I biked home tonight in the dark, in the rain. Recently, I saw a video someone posted about how they carry groceries on a bike, and liked it, so I thought I’d make a similar video about biking safely in the dark and in bad weather. Here it is.
youtube.com/shorts/slhHCeeVZcQ

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City of Somerville’s Participatory Budgeting Idea MapBetter bike lanes on Elm St south of DavisBiking on Elm St is made difficult by double parking and slow and unattentive drivers along this stretch of road. A protected bike lane against the curb to separate bikes from cars would signficantly increase the bikeability of the square. A contraflow bike lane would be even more useful for traversing the one way stretch of Elm that currently requires bikes to travel on Highland inbound to Davis. Making Davis more accessible to bikes would help increase foot traffic to the businesses of the square and reducing parking and vehicle space would help ease traffic.