Safe Cycling in the City of Trees

City officials meet with cyclists to see what can be done with Boise bicycle safety.

Idaho Transportation Department to Make Changes to Idaho Driver's Manual

Things are changing in Idaho. In the Idaho Driver's Manual, that is.

Improved information about bicycle and motorist safety will be in the updated version of the manual available later this summer. We'd like to send a big thank you out to Jeff Larsen of Community Bicycle Rides for sending this information out in his latest e-mail update.

Also, kudos to Senator Elliot Werk, state bicycle advocates, and the ITD for making this happen. It could not happen at a better time (considering all the fatalities we have had as of late). Educated drivers + conscientious cyclists = safer roads for everyone.


Link to ITD website for press release here.

Link to changes in the Idaho Driver's Manual.

The Friday Connection

Happy Friday!

Something we will be introducing on what we consider to be the best day of the week is The Friday Connection. Sounds exciting, eh? Each Friday we will highlight a website of interest. It might be funny, informative, or just a plain engaging site. This week we have two websites.

The first site proves how wonderfully small this world can be. We got a nice mention on slightdetour.blogspot.com/, proving the theory of six degrees of separation may not be off base. Marianne Love is a writer who lives in Sandpoint, Idaho—definitely check out her blog. You won't regret it. Thank you, Marianne!

The second website is http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/traffic/index.htm. This is a site packed with helpful tips of everything bicycling. From touring, to health and fitness, to bicycling advocacy--it is all here. This week, in honor of our Bike to Work Week, we are focusing on Bicycle Traffic Safety.

Thanks for checking out our links. We hope you like 'em. And if you have any feedback, send it our way!

Until next time . . .