Ride benefiting cancer research coming to Tucson
Echelon’s Gran Fondo series is expanding to Tucson. The Echelon Challenge and Gran Fondo are two separate rides held on May 1. The rides will be Echelon’s first major event…
Group aims to create long-range bicycling plan
Two subcommittees of the Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee hope to draft a long-range vision for bicycling in Tucson. The downtown and facilities subcommittees held a joint meeting Thursday to…
Final reactions from bike summit
Two Tucson youth cyclists attended the country’s first Youth Bike Summit this weekend. In a recent post, Donovan Caputo and Ashley Batchelor shared their experiences in New York. Below is…
BAC takes up bike parking debate
The Tucson-Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee passed two motions to oppose the city planning commission’s new bicycle parking codes, which control the location and number of bicycle parking spaces. The…
PDX cyclist visiting Tucson; offering ’boutique’ wrenching classes
Portland cyclist and Gracie’s Wrench owner Tori Bortman will be in town offering her bike mechanic education services as well as spending a lot of time on her bicycle. She’ll…
New rules require less bike parking; can be placed further away
Bicycle parking in Tucson took a turn for the worse last week when the City of Tucson’s planning commission passed several motions that weakened the parking regulations for new developments.…
AP reporter covers Giffords’ love of cycling; Tucson cyclists’ response
An Associated Press reporter who is in Tucson covering the shooting called yesterday to chat about Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her love of bicycles. I met with her and sent…
Reactions from the Youth Bike Summit
Two Tucson youth cyclists attended the country’s first Youth Bike Summit this weekend. Below are Donovan Caputo and Ashley Batchelor’s final reactions to the Youth Bike Summit. They were accompanied…
Giffords rode her bicycle night before shooting
According to a New York Times article Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords rode her bicycle with a friend the night before she was shot. They stopped at her condominium, near her district…
Bill submitted to allow cyclists to yield at stop signs
State representative Daniel Patterson has once again submitted a bill which would allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. HB 2130 states: C. The driver of a vehicle approaching…
Local cyclists heading to youth summit in New York
Four Tucson cyclists representing BICAS and El Grupo are leaving for New York City on Friday to take part in the first Youth Bicycle Summit. The summit is hosted by…
Intersection improvements won’t impede bike traffic
The Union Pacific Railroad and the City of Tucson have started construction on a new median, which includes cut-throughs for bikes to cross Sixth Street at Ninth Avenue. The city’s…