September 3rd, 2008
Another excellent, as usual, Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske, Two-by-two, covers the two abreast issue, covering specifically a situation in Wisconsin. Here’s the low-down on Arizona law: Read the rest of this entry »
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September 2nd, 2008
Cyclists’ fatalities represent less than 2% of the 41,059 traffic deaths (click on chart to view full-size):
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August 30th, 2008
…for now, anyway. Backers are vowing to revive it. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 25th, 2008
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August 18th, 2008
I think any additional drilling for oil should be done only on the precondition that the additional supply would be offset by a decrease in demand (i.e conservation). That way, it won’t just get pissed away on increasing domestic demand, like what happened in the mid-1980’s when a huge amount of new supply pushed prices way down and ushered in the SUV era. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 3rd, 2008
With gas prices the way they are, stories about cycling in mainstream press abound. As I have pointed out before (see Media Bias) these stories for mass consumption generally paint a one-sided cycling-is-dangerous story. Despite my high hopes for the journalistic balance of the Wall Street Journal (news that is. I don’t expect balance in the editorial content), Rhonda Rundle’s story from August 1, 2008 fell into the same familiar pattern. The title, Risking Life and Limb, Riding a Bike to Work in L.A., should have been a give away Read the rest of this entry »
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August 1st, 2008
Here is and Arizona Republic story about more crash statistics. This dataset is from a MAG (Maricopa Association of Governments) Transportation Safety Committee report, so one assumes it covers Maricopa County (Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, et al). Read the rest of this entry »
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July 20th, 2008
Joel Kotkin is a noted scholar whose general line of thinking is counter to what loosely might be called the New Urbanism. As such he is an ideological soulmate of the WSJ editorial board. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2nd, 2008
Jenkin’s column today July 2, 2008 What is GM Thinking (currently available here) bemoans various aspects of GM’s forthcoming plug-in hybrid, the Volt. GM claims it will be available in 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2nd, 2008
I had some trouble digging up this, so for reference here is a link to reports that list driver (driver only, not other occupants, nor non-occupants) death rates per mile driven. Read the rest of this entry »
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