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Ben Marks is a freelance writer and editor. His cycling accomplishments include solo rides from Santa Cruz to San Simeon and Fort Bragg to San Francisco. His regular weekend loop usually takes him up Old La Honda Road to Skyline and then back down via the Woodside Bakery and Café.

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Do pedestrians always have the right of way?

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The other morning, on my normal cycling commute to the train station, a pedestrian yelled at me. I had been waiting at a red light. When it turned...
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Bicycling wins 2009 National Magazine Award

Last night, the Magazine Publishers of America announced their 2009 National Magazine Award winners. In what one media site described as "an odd...
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Proposal to license bikes is dumb

A colleague named Bryan Myrick, who is this site's Seattle Conservative Examiner, has suggested that cyclists who expect to ride their bikes in...
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The Recovery Act's impact on cyclists

My colleague Adam Voiland, who is the DC Bicycle Transportation Examiner, has written an excellent post about an anti-bicycle amendment that failed to...
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Critical Mass cop finally fired

So I see that Patrick Pogan, the 23-year-old NYPD rookie who was caught body-checking a cyclist during a Critical Mass ride last July, has been...
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Stimulus package should promote cycling

On page 213 of the 647-page H.R. 1, otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, there's a reference to $6 billion in...
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Caltrain cyclist settles for fine

Caltrain bicycle commuter Scott Wildly has pleaded no contest to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a confrontation with police last...
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Is pumpkin-helmet story bogus?

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Have you ever received one of those Nigerian scam emails? In it, the sender purports to need your help to transfer beaucoup bucks from a Nigerian bank...
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Name that crime

Take a good look at the grainy photo to the right. Can you name that crime? It is taken from an infamous YouTube video that made the rounds last July....
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Parsing Stop

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It has come to my attention that a great many cyclists are unclear about the meaning of the word "stop," especially when the word has been...
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