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Sedona’s Red Rock Road — 10 years on
In late summer of 2010, the Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition celebrated the completion of the “Red Rock Road” project on Highway 179 between Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek. This was a monumental project,
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Triggering Traffic Signals
Triggering “demand” traffic signals by bicycles has been has been a problem for time immemorial… However it looks as though newer technology is creating the opportunity for more effective sensing. In general the best chance you have of triggering a demand signal is to pull up to the stop line in the center of the […]
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Our littlest riders
Coalition of Arizona Bicyclist’s Kathy Mills offered a class in bike safety to over 50 pre-school students of the Horizon Presbyterian Church, located in the Ahwatukee Foothills of Phoenix, Arizona. The early basics were stressed — stopping at stop signs, looking both ways, and helmet fit. Kathy is an LCI, a League Cycling Instructor, certified by […]
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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!
