Curious about Bike Patrol?
Bike Patrollers provide assistance, encouragement, and support to event participants
Look Ma, no hands!
So, while you should and must ride under control for safety’s sake, it’s not intrinsically illegal to ride with no hands.
Fall 2015 BFC: Tempe and Mesa move up
League Announces Fall 2015 Bicycle Friendly Communities Tempe move up to Gold. Mesa moves up to Silver. Scottsdale maintains Gold. Arizona communities currently enjoying BFC status are Gold — Tucson/East Pima Region, Scottsdale, Tempe Silver — Sedona, Flagstaff, Mesa Bronze — Chandler, Cottonwood, Gilbert, Phoenix
World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims
This year the theme is “Crash Not Accident” – an initiative focused on changing the way we think and talk about crashes.
ASU-Poly, and Downtown campus named Bicycle Friendly
The LAB announced today that the ASU’s Polytechnic campus and ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus have been named Bicycle Friendly Universities at the Bronze Level.
Tempe adds penalties for dangerous cell-phone using drivers
Tempe city council voted earlier this week to institute penalties on drivers who are driving erratically, or cause collisions due to handheld cell phone use.
Coalition advertisements — watch for them!
Coalition ads will be appearing in the Nov/Dec 2015 issue of Tail Winds magazine, and BikeLife Cities magazine (Tempe / Mesa / and Tucson Fall 2015 editions). Watch for it!
Stop for School Bus
Don’t forget, that as a bicyclist you have the same rights and responsibilities as the driver of a vehicle; you must STOP FOR SCHOOL BUSES when the stop sign/alternately flashing lights are in use…
Overtaking Bicycles and Arizona’s Three Foot law
Motorists overtaking bicyclists in the same direction must do so at a safe distance of not less than three feet. This applies on all streets in all configurations regardless of the position of the bicycle, or the presence or absence of a bicycle lane.
