Bicycles and the Law: Wheels That Don't Roll
Wheels That Don't Roll Almost every bicyclist has had the experience of getting something in the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Sometimes it's fun, attaching…
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Backlash against bicyclists
Last year the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and my office teamed up to present our fourth year of free bicycle legal clinics for riders wanting…
Read More Bicycling Laws for Beginning Riders
There are a number of laws relating specifically to bicycles that are important to know in developing bicycle skills. Generally, all of the rules…
Read More Bike Lane Right of Way Continues
In June 2009, Carmen Piekarski was riding in the bike lane on SE Hawthorne at 10 Avenue when the driver next to her, according…
Read More Oregon Bicycle Lighting Requirements
It has been exciting over the last several years to see so many recreational riders transforming themselves into bicycle commuters. This transformation has been…
Read More Multi-Use Paths and the Rights of Bicycle Riders
The topic for this column was the subject of a recent e-mail message from a bicyclist who attended a recent legal clinic. She wrote: I…
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