By Brian Cronin Director, Office of Safety and Operations Research and Development Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined that there were 966 bicyclist fatalities and 41,615 injuries. NHTSA’s early estimates for 2022 show an 11% increase in pedalcyclist fatalities from 2021. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is researching …
Podcast with Natalie Draisin Director, North American Office and United Nations Representative FIA Foundation FIA Director Natalie Draisin stops by The Bike Lane to chat with host Jake Sigal about Vulnerable Road User safety projects, toolkits, and discovering great safety implementations around the world that just plain work. She says the key is wise, well researched and well thought-out infrastructure …
By Seth LaJeunesse Senior Research Associate University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center It’s hard to remember a time when we were as divided as a culture as you are today, isn’t it? Consider where your family members and coworkers stand on climate change, women’s reproductive rights, what kids should read in schools, how people should self-identify, etc. …
Podcast with Kerri Kauffman Chief Revenue Officer Juiced Bikes Juiced Bikes’s Chief Revenue Officer, Kerri Kauffman, stops by the Bike Lane to chat with host Jake Sigal about e-bikes: Why training and age limits are crucial to safety; how cheap e-bikes can be a hazard and she describes logical steps toward sensible legislative oversight; why drivers blaming e-bike riders for …
If you’re seeking inspiration to help guide your local bike planning process, here are nine cities with plans worth duplicating. By Martina Haggerty Senior Director of Local Innovation PeopleForBikes Editor’s note: This text was first published online by PeopleForBikes on July 19 and is shared in The Bike Lane with permission. Even great biking cities need to constantly improve to …
Podcast with Clark Haynes Founder and CEO velo.ai Velo.AI’s CEO Clark Haynes stops by to chat with host Jake Sigal about the important need for more incident (“near-miss”) data affecting bicycles and vehicles. Clark also describes his company’s sophisticated new product for bicycles that integrates radar and smart camera-image processing for alerting the rider to potential vehicle ‘threats’. Reach Clark …
By Natalie Draisin Director, North American Office and United Nations Representative FIA Foundation As the school year approaches, parents across the nation are planning schedules, buying new shoes, and experiencing age-old anxieties that come with children growing up too fast. Amidst these preparations, we sometimes forget about the actual journey to school, and important safety issues to consider along the …
Podcast with Roger Lanctot Director, Automotive Connected Mobility TechInsights Roger Lanctot returns to The Bike Lane for a lively, wide-ranging chat with host Jake Sigal about startups trying to penetrate the hard automotive bubble (or fail trying), why one large tech operation is the company everyone loves to hate, why every OEM automotive needs to seek help outside their own …
Want to help make your city a better place to bike? We developed a 15-point, research-based fact sheet to help you push for change. By Martina Haggerty and Kiran Herbert PeopleForBikes Editor’s note: This text was first published online by PeopleForBikes on May 23 and is shared in The Bike Lane with permission. If you’ve ever attended a town hall …
By Clark Haynes, Ph.D. Founder and CEO velo.ai As a lifelong bike commuter, safety has always been my primary concern whenever I embark on two wheels. This concern is grounded in a harsh reality: nearly 1000 bicyclists lose their lives each year in the United States due to collisions with vehicles, and this number has surged in the most recent …