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More bike lanes? No thanks. Treat cyclists as motorists’ equals, not as pesky afterthoughts.

May 22, 2007 /

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By law, my bicycle is considered a vehicle with the same right to the road as your car or truck. Bike lanes provide an arguable buffer zone of safety (as well as a great place for people to put their garbage containers on trash day), but they marginalize cyclists and reinforce their status as second-class commuters who shouldn’t be on the road.

By Will Campbell, WILL CAMPBELL

Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-campbell19may19,0,6391618.story?coll=la-home-commentary

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For safe city biking, a wiki this way comes

A new project aims to make outings safer and easier by leveraging the power of the user-generated Internet — the collaborative craze known as Web 2.0.

Full Story: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/05/20/for_safe_city_biking_a_wiki_this_way_comes/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+–+City%2FRegion+News