By Rick Bernardi Bike lanes continue through the intersection, even if they are not painted onto the roadway, and drivers who don’t yield to a cyclist riding in a bike…
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By Rick Bernardi The Oregon Legislature made national news this past week, for all the wrong reasons. The State Senate, with a super-majority of Democrats in control, had been working on…
Devra Freelander, a Brooklyn-based sculptor, slowly rolled her bike a few feet into an East Williamsburg intersection. Freelander, an Oberlin graduate who had moved to Brooklyn after graduating with a…
By Bob Mionske This year marks the 17th anniversary of the Ride of Silence, which honors cyclists who have been killed by a motor vehicle collision. In 2003, Chris Phelan organized the…
It’s Passed the House. And on April 29th, It’s Before the Oregon Senate There aren’t many photos of Jonathan Chase Adams. “He didn’t like having his picture taken,” his younger sister…
By Rick Bernardi You’re riding your bike through one of Portland’s neighborhoods. Like me, you avoid the main thoroughfares, where traffic is fast and furious, and too many drivers are...
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From the beginning, the Bike Law Network has had a singular focus—helping cyclists who have been injured find justice. Well, what’s so special about that? Lots of lawyers take bicycle accident cases. But the Bike…
When the Beatles were in the studio recording what has gone down in music history as “the most important rock & roll album ever made,” Paul McCartney, working on one…
When I first teamed up with Peter Wilborn and Ann Groninger to help launch the Bike Law network, there were exactly four states in the network—Maryland and South Carolina, represented…
Bicycle helmets have been in the news lately. Last month, Bike Law Illinois attorney Brendan Kevenides reported that an Illinois case may have some potential to hold Illinois cyclists liable…