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Cycling Deaths

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Columnist Eben Weiss wonders if bike advocates are too focused on vehicle size, when it鈥檚 the actions of the driver that are most important

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Kangangi was in the United States to participate in multiple off-road events with his Team Amani squad

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Yolanda Davis-Overstreet is fighting for safer streets and mobility justice in the marginalized communities of Los Angeles

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Earlier this year, journalist Amelia Arvesen participated in a ride for bicycling safety that ended in tragedy. Months later, she鈥檚 still figuring out how to process what she saw.

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Charges filed in Texas 鈥渞olling coal鈥 case, New York City鈥檚 uptick in wildlife, a surfer鈥檚 frustration for everyone to see

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Each one is a reflection of our society鈥攆or better or for worse

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The CEO of Thousand shares why she feels passionate about bike helmets

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As part of our #2020CyclingDeaths project, we published the obituaries of Melissa Williamson and Coleen Huling, who were killed while riding their bikes. The driver has received a maximum sentence. But outcomes like this are still rare.

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With the help of the nonprofit BikeMaps.org, we analyzed the data we collected on bicyclists killed by drivers in 2020 and found some surprising takeaways

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In the shadow of tragic events like this, can we raise awareness of the dangers cyclists face without scaring people away from bikes? And how do we maintain our own love of cycling?

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Nearly 700 people on bikes have been killed by drivers this year. This is who we lost.

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The pandemic has led to an unexpected positive鈥攑eople reclaiming streets in ways that have made urban America more bikeable, walkable, and enjoyable. Preserving that will take work, but it鈥檚 worth it.

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A mountain guide, photographer, and cyclist had a sleepy moment on the road that resulted in her seriously injuring another rider. Here鈥檚 what she wants every driver to know.

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You're contributing to America's addiction to speeding鈥攁nd you're much more likely to kill someone

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A deeply personal story of one rider鈥檚 painful saga鈥攁nd what we can all learn from it

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Rugged, high-clearance, all-wheel-drive vehicles are great for getting out there鈥攂ut at what cost to cyclists and pedestrians?

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I was biking home when you barreled into me with your car and left me to die

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Being involved in a crash with a driver while on a bike or on foot is bad enough, but the trouble doesn鈥檛 always stop when you get yourself to safety. Navigating the justice and insurance systems afterward can also be an ordeal.

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You can't stop what you can't see happening

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What the media gets wrong, and why, says a lot about how our society views vulnerable road users

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Triathlete Adelaide Perr sustained serious injuries after colliding with a car鈥攖hen was saddled with proving, against the driver鈥檚 word, that she was a victim

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Last February, 21-year-old Ronnie Ramon Huerta Jr. crashed his Ford 500 sedan into a pack of cyclists during the Palm Springs century. Here鈥檚 how the death of one rider, Mark Kristofferson, led to an exceptionally rare murder charge.

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Let鈥檚 get this straight: if something horrible happens to me on a ride, don鈥檛 ever say I died doing what I love. I feel no affection about the idea of getting pulverized by a 4,000-pound SUV, especially if the driver was flipping through Instagram. Still, I recognize that something might happen. And rather than leave it up to other people to commemorate my life and death on the bike, I鈥檝e decided to take matters into my own hands鈥攚ith facts based on a terrifying encounter with a speeding Porsche that actually happened鈥攋ust in case the next run-in turns out differently.

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It starts with a deadly crash, like the one that happened in October on a busy Orange County street. Then the volunteers build the memorial. Peter Flax embedded with the team that makes ghost bikes in Southern California to record the process鈥攁nd the tragedy that triggered it鈥攆rom beginning to end.

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