Arizona Bike Law Blog http://azbikelaw.org/blog Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en Two abreastness http://azbikelaw.org/blog/two-abreastness/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/two-abreastness/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:13:23 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/two-abreastness/ 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: (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/two-abreastness/feed/ 2007 Traffic Fatalities by type http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatalites-by-type/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatalites-by-type/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:09:04 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/104/ Cyclists’ fatalities represent less than 2% of the 41,059 traffic deaths (click on chart to view full-size):

2007 Fatals by type (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatalites-by-type/feed/ Ding Dong TIME is dead http://azbikelaw.org/blog/ding-dong-time-is-dead/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/ding-dong-time-is-dead/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:09:33 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/ding-dong-time-is-dead/ …for now, anyway. Backers are vowing to revive it. (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/ding-dong-time-is-dead/feed/ 2007 Fatality Stats http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatality-stats/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatality-stats/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:20:01 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatality-stats/ The NHTSA released 2007 traffic stats last week. Summary .pdf (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/2007-fatality-stats/feed/ More Drilling? http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-drilling/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-drilling/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:44:25 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-drilling/ 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. (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-drilling/feed/ Yet another cycling is dangerous story http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-cycling-is-dangerous/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-cycling-is-dangerous/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:40:36 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-cycling-is-dangerous/ 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 (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/more-cycling-is-dangerous/feed/ MAG Traffic deaths http://azbikelaw.org/blog/mag-traffic-deaths/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/mag-traffic-deaths/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:37:01 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/mag-traffic-deaths/ 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). (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/mag-traffic-deaths/feed/ The assault on the assault on the suburbs http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-assault-on-the-assault-on-the-suburbs/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-assault-on-the-assault-on-the-suburbs/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:45:12 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-assault-on-the-assault-on-the-suburbs/ 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. (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-assault-on-the-assault-on-the-suburbs/feed/ Now he doesn’t like the Volt http://azbikelaw.org/blog/now-he-doesnt-like-the-volt/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/now-he-doesnt-like-the-volt/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:06:42 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/now-he-doesnt-like-the-volt/ 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. (more…)

]]> http://azbikelaw.org/blog/now-he-doesnt-like-the-volt/feed/ The Risk of Dying in One Vehicle Versus Another http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-risk-of-dying-in-one-vehicle-versus-another/ http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-risk-of-dying-in-one-vehicle-versus-another/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:35:48 +0000 azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/the-risk-of-dying-in-one-vehicle-versus-another/ 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. (more…)

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