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Bikes are harder to see than motorcycles, which according to the NC DMV website have their headlights on all the time because the headlight comes on automatically when the engine is running. Bikes are much harder to see than cars, which have lights on at night, unlike most bikes I see. (Since most bikes I see at night don’t have lights I didn’t even know it was a law for bikers to use lights at night until someone on this site told me recently.) And the consequences of not seeing a bike are much more severe. Considering all that, and since bikers are both allowed and encouraged to use the same roads as cars and motorcycles, why aren’t bikes required to use lights at all times?
Today, Chris Richmond, Mary Lindsley and myself attended an awards luncheon and presentation at RTP Headquarters on Davis Drive. We accepted the "Go Chapel Hill Community Cycling Award" which consisted of a brief introduction and a shiny new plaque and witnessing a good number of other worthy awards and innovative individuals and companies.. In order to conserve my time and effort in my purely volunteer role, I will simply mirror the post I just uploaded to the ReCYCLEry.info website, and I will follow up with a couple of comments following up on the recent BUB Is Up thread I recently initiated on OP...
Published online as "Award Winning BUB is up! ...not to mention gas prices":
I see that the BOCC has decided to rename OPT as The Orange Bus, with resultant web-site and advertising changes as well as painting all their vehicles OP-orange. As a side-note, perhaps OP should think about taking out some advertising on the buses. Commissioner Barry Jacobs was against the idea, according to OrangeChat, calling it "too precious" and saying that he thought OPT was just fine. C'mon Commissioner Jacobs, this is a web 2.0 world! I am totally in favor of OPT becoming The Orange Bus. First off, how many of you knew what OPT was the first time you heard the acronym? How many of you know what OPT actually does? But, The Orange Bus, that's easy to understand and by playing on the county name it becomes catchy.
This does raise a question in my mind though and that is, what changes will be made on the website to make it a better tool for potential customers. As it stands right now, I think most people have no idea what OPT does unless they are already using it. How will the website make this information more accessible? I had the opportunity just this morning to tell a coworker moving to Hillsborough about the Hill-to-Hill route - she had no idea that it existed and was very excited about the possibility of not driving every day. How will The Orange Bus get this information out to the public?
Just wanted to share a great list-serv with discussions on commuting, whether by bike or foot or public transportation. Discussions range from homages to injured community members to pending laws and legal issues to strategic routes in our local area.
RTP_bike_ped list-serv
I personally have nothing to do with this list-serv. I rely upon it for much insight, discussion and information for alternative transportation in the local area.
For OP readers: I just sent the following email inviting the community to the presentation of the preliminary results of the fiscal impact analysis. Hope you can attend:
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