Day: February 23, 2010
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Bicycling Activism in Quito, Ecuador: An Interview with Heleana Zambonino
In Guadalajara last September I met dozens of cycling activists from around Mexico, and one remarkable woman from Quito, Ecuador, Heleana Zambonino. While riding in a big Critical Mass in Guadalajara, she told me about the cycling scene in Quito, and her organization CiclóPolis. Her story left me inspired and a bit embarrassed. They’ve accomplished a great deal more in a half dozen years in Quito than we have in 20 years in San Francisco!
February 23, 2010
Montana Bicycle Blogger Terrorized by Drunk Driver
One of our Streetsblog Network
member bloggers had a terrifying encounter with a pickup truck full of
drunken men the other night. The author of the blog Imagine No Cars wrote of being chased through the streets of Missoula, Montana, in fear for his life:
February 23, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Tougher Hands-Free, Texting Cell Phone Law in Ca. Would Include Bicyclists (Merc) Press Democrat Piece on Senior Drivers Quotes 89-year-old: “Pedestrians Scare Me to Death” Businesses in Transit-Rich Mission District “Rage” Against Sunday Metering (Mission Loc@l) High-Speed Rail Opponents Pack “Heated” Menlo Park Meeting (Merc) Youth Commission Pressuring MTA Not to Raise Price of Youth … Continued
February 23, 2010