Bicycle Advocacy
"Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles" - John Forester
Albuquerque Traffic Ordinances - (City Ordinances Website) - Requires motorists give bicycles 5 ft. clearance (8-3-3-11), Mandatory bikepath law, ... Arizona Bike Laws - (Arizona State Website)
Arizona and Tucson Bike LawsColorado Bike Laws (2005) - (Colorado State Statutes Website) Farmington, NM Bike Laws - See the Velo de Animas website. Los Alamos County Ordinances (38-541 ...) - Requires motorists give cyclists a five foot overtaking clearance (38-545). Helmets required for children (<18). Similar to the state ordinances but more detailed. New Mexico Statutes Covering Bicycles Extracted - (New Mexico State Statutes)
Child Helmet Safety Act (2007)Rio Rancho - Article 8: Operation of Bicycles - Modified 12/2000 to make it more in line with state laws. Contact the City Clerk in Rio Rancho for a copy of the regulations. Utah Bicycle Laws Summary - (Search "State Laws" at the Utah State Search Engine) Universal Vehicle Code, Chapter 11: Part 3 (Bicycles) - Updated 2000. Bicycle Laws in the rest of the U.S - MassBike.
Bicycle Coalition of New Mexico - A new non-profit bicycle advocacy group in NM. BikeABQ - An advocacy group for bicycle commuters and bicyclists of all kinds in Albuquerque. Formerly the Greater Albuquerque Spokes People (GASP) Friends of Otero (FOO) - IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) and MTBAccess affiliated advocacy group started as a result of the battle to keep the Otero Canyon Trail System open and negotiate an alternative fence location with Kirtland AFB. FooMTB developed from the grassroots organization, Friends of Otero. FooMTB's mission is to proactively promote the development of new mountain biking trails, sustain non-motorized use of existing single track trails, and advocate the sport of mountain biking in general. Los Alamos County Cyclist's Coalition (Appears defunct) Trail Partners - Central NM affiliate of IMBA ( International Mountain Bicycling Association ) that works with local land agencies (US Forest Service, City of Albq., NPS etc.) to preserve and expand NM's trail network for mountain bikers. They host monthly trail projects from March through October each season. Everyone is welcome. If you've been riding in the foothills or east Mountain Area you've riding on trails build and maintained by Trail Partners. They are working with the US Forest Service to design and build replacement trails for those lost in the Otero Canyon area due to DOD boundary fence.
Information available at Two Wheel Drive Bicycle shop, 1706 Central SE Alb. NM 87106 or 243-8443,
e-mail: bicycles@twowheeldrive.com
America Bikes - (Appears defunct) A new national coalition of cylists to mobilize cyclists to contact legislators. Bikes Belong Coalition - Founded by bicycle industry leaders with the mission of "putting more people on bikes more often." Bicycle Colorado*** - Colorado bicycling advocacy in Denver. A major source. BicycleLaw.com - Bicyclelaw.com is a web site that offers bicycling accident advice for cyclists including those injured by motorists, unsafe conditions and defective cycling products. Injured cyclists will find information about what to do after an accident to best protect their rights. Contact information and cycling links of interest are also provided.I You may find informative and sometimes entertaining articles of interest to cyclists. BicyclingInfo.org - A clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement and access and mobility. (Chicago) Bicycle Transportation Alliance - A non-profit bicycle advocacy organization based in Portland, OR. BikeDFW - Bicycle Advocacy in North Texas Chainguard Online *** - A major Bicycle Advocacy Site
Chainguard's List of Advocacy SitesChicago Bicycle Federation Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists - A nonprofit organization devoted to advancing bicycling as a sport and mode of transportation through cooperation with local and state governments. Fantasy Island Conservation Alliance - Alliance to address threats to the proposed Fantasy Island trail system and proposed park located on Arizona State Trust and City of Tucson land. John Allen's Bicycling Research and Information.
Text of the 1974 Kaplan study and other bicycle research. Smart Streets Online. John Forester - Effective Cycling and Highway Issues.
"The Effects of Bikelane System Design on Cyclists' Traffic Errors".League of American Bicyclists (LAB) *** - Bicycle advocacy, events, training, online tips, links to LAB affiliates, news, ...
Bicycle Friendy Community LAB Advocacy and Education "Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske"*** - A weekly legal question / answer article in VeloNews. Scroll down in News to the "Legally Speaking" articles, usually on Thursdays. Interesting opinions on a wide variety of bicycling questions that effect us all by a cycling lawyer. Bob runs BicycleLaw.com. Marin County Bicycle Coalition Ohio Bicycle Federation - Involved in UVC updates.
Updated UVC Steve Selz's conviction for "impeding traffic" and his subsequent victory in an appeal. Safe Routes to Schools Surface Transportation Policy Project - A non-profit organization working to ensure a diversified transportation system emphasizing the needs of people, rather than vehicles. Texas Bicycle Coalition - Led the effort to stop a state law to ban bicycles from rural Texas highways in 2001. Thunderhead Alliance - National Coalition of state and local bicycle advocacy organizations.
