Playground hosting Le Tour parties starting Saturday
The Playground Bar & Lounge will be hosting several Tour de France viewing events during this year’s race. The first such event is this Saturday at 4 p.m. to launch…
Link roundup: June 28
Post any interesting links in the comment section. State An Arizona Hick Tries Capital Bikeshare (Part 1) National Boxer Confirms That Some Bike/Ped Protections Remain in Final Bill Colorado fires…
Driver in fatal pedestrian crash arrested
A 54-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a 68-year-old driver who was arrested for the crash. Peter Morse was struck by James Douglas Soukup near Rudasill Road and La Cañada…
Link roundup: June 27
Post any interesting links in the comment section. State Cycle: Maricopa County Tables Plans for Downtown Bicycle Cellar National High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road Innovative camp teaches…
Pedestrian struck and killed in northwest Tucson
Update: An adult male was struck by an east bound motorist while walking westbound on Rudasill Road near La Cañada Drive at 6 a.m. this morning. According to the…
Cops driving and parking in the bike lane
Not once, not twice, not three times — but four times on my commute today I encountered vehicles blocking the bike lanes and shoulders. To be fair, however, only two…
Link roundup: June 26
Post any interesting links in the comment section. Local Eller wakes from coma, expected to recover $1000 Bike Grant Photo Essay: Bicycle Transportation in Car-land National Helping Boxer Help Us Precious Cargo Beer Wrench…
Defense pushing plea deal in cyclist hit-and-run case
The woman accused of hitting, seriously injuring a cyclist, then fleeing and trying to cover it up remains behind bars more than a year after the crash took place. William…
Link roundup: June 25
Post any interesting links in the comment section. Local Downtown Calgary ripe for cycling ‘explosion’: Co-ordinator State Bike thieves target Tempe campus, light rail stops National Top 10 Reasons Sen. Boxer Must Keep…
Living Streets Alliance awarded $15k grant; director named
Local biking and walking advocacy organization, Living Streets Alliance, was awarded a $15,000 grant from Advocacy Advance this week. The matching grant will go toward hiring the group’s first full-time…
Link roundup: June 22
Post any interesting links in the comment section. National The Myth of the Bicycle Helmet — Risk Sense How does Al Roker get to work? By bicycle, of course The Keys to Beating,…
Biking slowly more than most can say
Editor’s note: Jay Rochlin has been riding bikes in Tucson for more than 40 years. He says he remembers a time when, if you saw a fellow Tucson cyclist wearing a…