RTC Blogroll

The Metro Times just released their 2009 Best of Detroit lists. Among the staff picks was Best Place to Break a Sweat with the winner being “bicycling”. Detroiters have been getting more and more serious about bicycle love in recent years. First came the flirtation. It wasn’t love at first ride. No, it’s hard to fully commit [...]

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) theories contend that law enforcement officers, architects, city planners, landscape and interior designers, and resident volunteers can create a climate of safety in a community right from the start...

The Little Trail That Could Over 20 years removed from its original conception, the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) and its ardent supporters have finally cut the ribbon . Since much ink has been spilled over this Washington DC trail (see WashCycle )...

RTC's Florida state office director Ken Bryan was in DC recently and spoke with Rep. Ileana Ros - Lehtinen. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen's staff caught up with Ken outside her office. Miami-Dade County is one of many communities around the nation engaged in RTC...

This has to be among the most bizarre bike ordinances. Milford Township regulates activities at Kensington Metropark through their ordinances. Besides requiring bicycle helmets only on the paved bike path, they have an ordinance that regulates the possession of bicycles within the park. You basically cannot possess a bicycle within the park unless you’re riding it on [...]

A petition that trail advocates are pushing in Virginia could result in hundreds, if not thousands, of miles of bicycling trails alongside active railroads. The central idea of the petition is that citizens should benefit directly from railroad projects...

Are you lucky enough live in a Bicycle Friendly Community? The League of American Bicyclists named 13 more cities to its esteemed list, bringing the number nationwide to 108. And as an added bonus, the League named four states -- Washington and Wisconson...

Six weeks have passed since the Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee (LBAC) asked Lexington Town Manager, Carl Valente, to halt the pilot program of snow-removal on their section of the Minuteman Trail. The Town put the Trail last on the maintenance list and thus it was a sheet of ice by the time Town workers got out there. Add to that the small piece of equipment that was authorized by the Town, which required two passes on the Trail to clear an acceptable width, and the effort cost more than 5x what Arlington spends for a single storm. More..