BAC to investigate options for trailhead
The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee appointed two of its members, President Brian Beck and Eric Post, to investigate what options are available to keep the Mt. Lemmon trailhead at…
Wild West Ride – Feb. 27
Kylie from BICAS and TucsonVelo.com are organizing a Western themed bike ride for Feb 27 (Rodeo weekend). We are still hammering out a few of the details, but should have…
More on 2010 Benchmarking Report
I wrote a post last week about The Alliance for Biking & Walking’s 2010 Benchmarking Report. I got to chat with Tom Thivener, the city of Tucson’s bike and pedestrian…
Pima DOT director discusses trailhead
**Update 2: Download the letter sent to Jean Gorman. **Update 1: The TPCBAC has an agenda item about the trailhead. I plan on being there and will report back what…
Exchange student looking for cycling host
A reader forwarded me this email: I work with a non-profit organization that promotes student exchange. Mathias from Norway would love to come to Arizona for the upcoming high school…
How to support Arizona Bikes Safe Yield Act
AZ State Representative, Daniel Patterson, posted an entry on his blog about how to support the bill being introduced, which would allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs.…
More details from BAC crash analysis
I wrote a post a while back about the analysis the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee is doing on accident reports involving cyclists. The analysis showed that almost 80 percent…
2009 bike count numbers released
Update: According to Ann Chanecka, who is a planner for the Pima Association of Governments, due to an error in the spreadsheet she inherited, the bike count numbers were not…
Rolling stops…
Check out TBL’s post on the bill that was introduced, for a second year in a row, which allows cyclists to roll through stop signs when it is safe to…
More photos from UA Crit
Kathleen Dreier, a local photographer and parent of an El Grupo rider emailed me these photos from the UA Crit on Saturday. I put a few into the reader galleries,…
New data on Tucson cycling
The Alliance for Biking & Walking, which was formerly known as the Thunderhead Alliance, released their 2010 Benchmarking Report. The report concludes that a lack of investment in bike and…
STOLEN: Specialized Rock Hopper & P2
STOLEN: Specialized Rock Hopper, red 18″ steel frame, smooth tread Continental “Avenue” front tire, “Town and Country” rear tire – both with tan sidewalls, Ritchey rims, amateur-made leather saddle and…