We must stop the Cycle of Auto Dependency

(c) Todd Litman, 2013. "Smart Congestion Relief - Comprehensive Analysis of Traffic Congestion Costs and Congestion Reduction Benefits". Victoria Transport Policy Institute.

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Ghost Bike

Last November, Brian A. Craig, 15 years old, was struck and killed by a motorist on Clinton in Fort Wayne.

This "Ghost Bike" represents him and will be placed near the scene of the accident.  You can read about the fateful night HERE

Be careful out there everyone.

Brian's name will be one of many that will be read prior to a moment of silence at the Ride of Silence on May 16th, 7PM, at Friemann Square in Fort Wayne.

Consider joining us in raising awareness for vulnerable road users that have been injured or killed.

Raising awareness

City park will honor memory of killed cyclist | The Journal Gazette

From the Atlantic Cities

A Biking Crash-Test Dummy Could Make Us Smarter About Cycling

• Sarah Goodyear
• Apr 17, 2012
• 4 Comments

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Bicycling is increasingly seen as a legitimate form of urban transportation – 2010 bike commuting rates in the United States were up 50 percent from 2000. So it’s about time that two-wheelers got some serious safety equipment: a crash-test dummy custom-designed to measure cycling injuries.
The dummy, a project of engineering students at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, is the first of its kind, and it could reveal some very interesting data about what happens to cyclists’ bodies when they hit the pavement.
Crash-test dummies for cars don’t measure the same kind of impacts that bike riders face, according to an article about the project in the Ottawa Citizen:

When engineers crash a car, they use one type of dummy for a frontal crash, and a different type for an impact from the side. Neither type is considered quite right for a cyclist who hits something, or slams on the front brakes hard, and flies over the handlebars….
The dummy wears a helmet. But like a human cyclist, it keeps the important stuff inside its head.
This includes one sensor that deforms under the force of impact, to show the stress that a real cyclist would endure.

With bike share on its way to the two biggest cities in the United States, New York and Los Angeles, cycling safety will be an increasingly mainstream concern. For now, the biking dummy may just be a student project. But it could develop into a useful tool that would provide hard data on, among other things, the much-disputed value of helmets. Bike riders deserve to be taken seriously as road users, and a scientifically accurate dummy can help to make that case.
The Ottawa Sun has a video of a crash test.
Photo credit: Fotocrisis /Shutterstock

Keywords: Safety, Bicycling, Helmets, Bike Sharing Systems

Sarah Goodyear has written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog. She lives in Brooklyn.

From the Atlantic Cities.

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Cyclist killed on Clinton

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