Potholes and Road Apples

Lancaster City Council members next week will begin consideration of a measure that would ban the riding of bicycles and skateboards on downtown sidewalks.
A ban already exists within a one-block area centered on Penn Square, at Queen and King streets. The proposal would expand the ban to sidewalks throughout the Downtown Investment District at the […]

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County transportation planners, municipal and county officials are expected to gather Friday morning, from 7:30 a.m. to noon, to hear presentations about how to encourge bicycling in Lancaster County and participate in workshops about steps they can take.
The featured speakers at the workshop is League of American Bicyclists Executive Director Andy Clarke and Bill Nesper, director of […]

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No one can accuse Mike Ridgeway and Lauri Ahlskog of thinking small.
In two weeks they intend to announce a big goal and start what they hope is a communitywide conversation about how to get there: making Lancaster “bike friendly.”
Ridgeway, the local bicycling advocate and founder of the Dream Ride Projects bike tours, and Ahlskog, the […]

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This morning was the first frost of the season. At 32 degrees, it was time to break out the tights, heavy shoe covers, fleece top and headband. The heavier stuff stayed in the closet.
It’s just the beginning. According to an article in today’s New Era, it hit 29 this morning in Millersville between 6 a.m. […]

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Bob Mionske, the legal columnist at Velonews, has an interesting piece posted entitled “Summer of Rage,” in which he discusses recent incidents of road rage directed at bicyclists nationally.
The most interesting aspect was his discussion of the psychology behind road rage. Beyond the us v. them psychology that would be expected from different users of the […]

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May might be fine for the rest of the country, but local bicycling advocate Mike Ridgeway wants September to be bike month in Lancaster County.
Ridgeway, whose Dream Ride organization organizes charity rides and bike safety classes, will be approaching officials in the next few weeks seeking recognition of a September bike month. More importantly, Ridgeway is making September a […]

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Long dismissed as a child’s toy by traffic planners, the humble bicycle is beginning to get the attention of local municipal officials. More people are dusting off old bikes for commuting or errands to avoid the high price of gasoline. Officials in Lancaster County’s city, towns and townships have taken notice and want to encourage […]

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Last week I had a peach thrown at my head.
Coming toward Lititz, I had stopped at an intersection for a passing car. I looked the other way to see if traffic was also coming from the other direction. When I looked back toward the approaching car, I saw an orange orb flying directly at me. A good […]

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An 11-year-old Lancaster City boy was struck and killed by a motorist while riding his bicycle near Reservoir Park on Sunday evening, city police reported.
Drew Bogroff, whose family lives near the park, had seen a fight or some other disturbance in the park and was riding to his home to alert family members to call the police, […]

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The Associated Press today put raw video footage on-line of Friday’s Critical Mass ride in New York’s Times Square. In the tourist-shot video, one of the city’s finest apparently gives a passing bicyclist a big shove - off his bike and onto a sidewalk - for no apparent reason. It makes you feel appreciated for […]

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