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Statewide Cycling Deaths Decrease in 2011

According to numbers released last week by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, cycling deaths were down across the state last year, however, reported injuries are up.  Five cyclists died last year on Minnesota roads, of course that if five … Continue reading

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Cycling While Intoxicated – The Law

 We are quickly approaching the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and we figured that this would be a good time to discuss cycling while intoxicated.  It’s no secret that many cyclists here in the cities, enjoy a beer or two, … Continue reading

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Visibility and Liability

To the best of our recollection many of our childhood horror stories stated with some variation of this line, “It was a dark, dark night on a dark, dark road”.  Unfortunately this is also the horror story for many cyclists … Continue reading

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Midtown Greenway and 5th Avenue: Stop Sign Update

On January 17th, we posted about the changes to the intersection of the Midtown Greenway and 5th Ave.  Specifically, the problem that we saw with the new stop signs (nobody was actually stopping).  Much to our surprise the intersection looked … Continue reading

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Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota Executive Director Back to Work After Crash

Good news today from the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota.  After a pretty nasty crash back in August 2010 Executive Director Dorian Grilley has returned to work.  The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota is a great organization who performs a lot of … Continue reading

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