Hillsboro police Tasered and tackled man who biked through stoplight, records show
The City of Hillsboro and two of its police officers may head to trial this fall over the largely unreported 2012 incident.
red lights
Bill in legislature would legalize safe crossings against unresponsive red lights
Here’s how Oregonian reporter and columnist Joe Rose and his editors chose to explain this bill:
What makes people stop at red lights? Other people, study finds
It might be peer pressure. It might be geometry.
Study: Half of Portland bike riders don’t know how to trigger green lights
New research suggests that interminable red lights are a particular burden on new bike riders, because pavement markings aren’t easy enough to understand.
94% of bike riders wait at red lights, study finds
A new study suggests that speeding in a car on local streets is at least six times more common than running a red light on a bike.
The Oregonian asks: “Portland bicyclists who run red lights: Is it worth it?”
Screen shot from The Oregonian’s “Hard Drive” blog. A new blog post by Joseph Rose, the commuting columnist for The Oregonian, takes a look at one of the most unpopular aspects of bicycling behavior: red light running. In, Portland bicyclists who run red lights: Is it worth it? Rose asks, “Is it really worth blowing … Read more
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