Walk-Bike News
Rodrigues Ave: it’s time for updates to improve safety
A quick test: Can you spot the family trying to cross Rodrigues Avenue to enter the Regnart Creek trail to get to school? If you had to carefully look to find them (they are hidden by the trees near the top center of the picture), imagine if you are driving 30 mph or...
Cupertino announces speed studies in response to AB43
AB43, which WBC wrote about in December (see here) is the new state law that allows cities more latitude to lower speed limits on major streets by considering more factors such as proximity to a school, senior center, walking trail and more. Reducing speed limits has...
Regnart Trail surface issues and closures
Residents and city staff have seen how the Regnart Creek Trail is in high use by many people for exercise, recreation, school commuting, and transportation to the city center to visit the library or attend events. As we predicted, it's a wonderful amenity for our...
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Is 6 Feet Enough Distance When Walking and Running?
Full article link: https://blogs.webmd.com/webmd-doctors/20200410/is-6-feet-enough-distance-when-walking-and-running A group of Dutch and Belgian researchers have started looking into that question. Using simulations, they evaluated the slipstream of walkers, runners,...
Amid the pandemic, it’s boom time for bicycles
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is temporarily closing state campgrounds until May 1 to stop the spread of COVID-19, but the parks trails are open to the public. File photo / West Central Tribune The people who sell and repair bicycles are seeing an...
Electric Bikes are having a moment
HERE’S WHY. JULIE BROWN// There’s nothing quite like the feeling of pedaling fast on a bicycle—legs burning, sweat dripping, wind nipping against your skin—when suddenly, a voice shouts from behind: “On your left!” And a fellow cyclist cruises past with hardly any...