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"While Streetfilms was in Copenhagen for the Velo-City 2010 conference, of course we wanted to showcase its biking greatness.  But we were also looking to take a different perspective then all the myriad other videos out there.  Since there were an abundance of advocates, planners, and city transportation officials attending from the U.S. and Canada, we thought it'd be awesome to get their reactions to the city's built environment and compare to bicycling conditions in their own cities."

Video: http://www.streetfilms.org/cycling-copenhagen-through-north-american-eyes/
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By Al Sturges

Bob Huffman, of the C4 group who spoke to FOS earlier this year, has provided an update of the status of bike projects in Northwest Indiana.  Bob notes that the following projects are complete:the tunnel at Broadway, two projects in Hobart (Wisconsin to Lake Park and City Ball Park to Linda), Whiting bike trail, Little Calumet River Northcote to Wicker Park.  Status of some other projects:

Penn Erie Trail
From present Erie Lackawanna Trail to Main Street in Crown Point starting in December 2009. Under construction summer 2010

Munster Pennsy Greenway
Calumet to Main. Scheduled for September 2009 completion. Contract awarded August 7, 2009. Partially built by June 2010

Munster Pennsy Greenway
Lansing to Fisher Street. Spring 2009. Grand opening with Lansing June 2010. Didn't happen. Still waiting for start.

Boxwood Spur
From Munster Pennsy Greenway

INDOT Tunnel under US41
Connecting Highland to Wicker Park. Re-Scheduled for 2011.

Bob has provided a link to a map showing the updates:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms.....89,0.549316&z=11


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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2405106,taking-heads-biking-advocate-061710.article]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:33:38 Larry http://www.folksonspokes.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1269611687/ http://www.folksonspokes.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1269611687/#num1 http://www.ohiobike.org/selz/Selz_Appeal_Decision.htm

Summary:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO
City Of Trotwood Vs Steven O. Selz

Cyclist Steven 0. Selz was convicted of violating Section 333.04(a) of the Trotwood, Ohio, Municipal Code, which provides as follows:

• No person shall stop or operate a vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when stopping or reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or to comply with law.
  

  
Selz contends that the evidence in the record is insufficient to support the conviction, because it is clear from the evidence that he was pedaling as hard as he could to travel at 15 m.p.h., uphill, on his bicycle. The State argues that his conviction can be predicated upon the fact that he was traveling in the middle of the right-hand lane, thereby impeding traffic.
  
We conclude that a bicyclist is not in violation of the ordinance when he is traveling as fast as he reasonably can. Although Selz may have been in violation of R.C. 4511.55(A), requiring a bicyclist to travel as far as practicable on the right side of the roadway, he was not charged with a violation of that statute.
]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:54:47 Larry http://www.folksonspokes.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1267900035/ http://www.folksonspokes.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1267900035/#num1 http://www.ilga.gov/legislatio.....nois+Vehicle+Code%2E

What is the proper width for a bike lane?   When should traffic engineers use bike lanes, shared lane markers, a side path, or just let bikes mix in with the traffic?  Answers to questions such as that can be found The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, (aka AASHTO) Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Bicycle Facilities.  

AASHTO is the group that defines national standards for traffic control devices, such as specifying that Stop signs should have a red background, or that a double yellow center line means do not pass.  Here is a link to the 2010 draft edition of the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Bicycle Facilities (223 pages).  http://design.transportation.org/Documents/DraftBikeGuideFeb2010.pdf

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