Posts tagged bicycle safety

• Watch Out For Bicycles

  Mike Bryant | May 24, 2009 4:02 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Last week, I looked at the issue of increased bicyclist deaths in Minnesota. A Wednesday morning, Semi/ Bicycle death brought the issue home again this week. A semitrailer driver had began to make...

• Too Many St Cloud Bicycle Accidents

  Mike Bryant | May 12, 2009 12:35 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With recent studies showing that, while overall road deaths have dropped in Minnesota, death by bicycle riders has grown at an alarming rate. The staff at the Injuryboard has looked at the important...

• The Bike-Friendliest City? Minneapolis

  Mike Bryant | April 07, 2010 9:10 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Move over Portland, Ore. Minneapolis has now taken over as the bike-friendliest city. That is the word from todays Bicycling magazine. What did it? A combination of the increased number of bike...

• 2008 Was A Deadly Year For Bicyclists

  Mike Bryant | May 20, 2009 12:45 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The numbers are in and 2008 was the deadliest year since 2000 for Minnesota bicycle riders. One of the suggestions is that because of high gas prices and the overall economy, more people are using...

• Saturday Tribute To Fallen Bicycle Riders

  Mike Bryant | October 04, 2008 12:36 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Members of Minnesota Bike riding organization will be paying tribute to the bicycle riders that have been killed on the Minnesota roads this Saturday. The Memorial Ride to Honor Fallen Bicyclists...

• See Bicycles!

  Mike Bryant | May 14, 2012 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I have looked a number of times at the issue of increased bicyclist deaths in Minnesota. They so often involve bicycle riders being killed. It's a big metal vehicle and a relatively...

• Springs Means Bikes Out on the Road

  Mike Bryant | April 23, 2012 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last years studies showed that, while overall road deaths have dropped in Minnesota, death by bicycle riders has grown at an alarming rate. The staff at the Injuryboard has looked at the...

• Tomorrow is The Ride of Silence

  Mike Bryant | May 17, 2011 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the year, we have looked at the issue of bicyclist deaths in Minnesota. Each of these deaths brings home the loss. Last Monday morning, a Winona school bus struck and killed a 74-year-old...

• Minneapolis Numbers Show More Bike Riders and Less Collisions

  Mike Bryant | March 31, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Very interesting study from the City of Minneapolis. There are many more year 'round bicycle riders and at the same time there has been a reduction in the number of bike/automobile collisions. This...

• There Is Snow and It's Cold: But There Are Still Bikes on the Road

  Mike Bryant | February 18, 2011 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Maybe because Minneapolis is the most bike friendly city or maybe it's just the die hards, but it's clear that even with the mountains of snow we have here in the state this year, there are still a...