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Karen Lynn Allen

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Best Tool for Murder: SUV, Bicycle, or NFL Linebacker?

By Karen Lynn Allen | Jun 10, 2016 | 3 Comments
Streetsblog reader Karen Lynn Allen sent this satirical musing on the physics of road murder about a week ago. Given the recent crash in Michigan that killed five cyclists on a group ride, it seems like an appropriate time to run it. Sometimes we need some dark, quirky slapstick in this asphalt asylum known as the […]

Commentary: Drive a Car in the City? Time to Embrace Bike Infrastructure

By Karen Lynn Allen | Oct 12, 2011 | 23 Comments
Though I bicycle, walk and take transit for half my trips, the other half, which usually involve shuttling children in carpools, for now necessitate driving a car. So there are days when I am on the streets of San Francisco behind a windshield, sometimes for hours, negotiating city streets. I know exactly how complex urban […]
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