Archive for March, 2007

New York: City drops suit against bike group

NY Metro: City drops suit against bike group
The city quietly dropped a lawsuit against bike advocacy group Time’s Up! last week, after two years of litigation. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court on March 22, 2005, against the nonprofit and four of its volunteers, claimed that cyclists riding in a group, such as [...]

Ireland/UK: Pedals ready for a summer bout of cycle fever

Belfast Telegraph: James Daley: The Cycling Column – Pedals ready for a summer bout of cycle fever
There are still a few places left on this year’s London to Brighton bike ride, which takes place on Sunday 17 June. If you’ve never taken part before, it’s well worth thinking about signing up. The London to [...]

Melb: Cyclists rode at ‘excessive speeds’

Refer to the WoJ archives for articles relating to the Hell Ride/James Gould incident.
The Age: Cyclists rode at ‘excessive speeds’
A witness to a fatal collision between a cyclist and a pedestrian has told of the “sickening noise” of the man’s head hitting the road. Pedestrian James Gould, 77, died in August last year after [...]