Links to Bicycling Resourses

Now find a bike route through google maps.

Meanwhile, local advocates and actvists might find many interesting links and comments at the Bostonbiker website and blog.

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles provides a number of on line forms in Postscript Document Format (PDF). This form provides a way to report dangerous motorists to the RMV. (If you do not have the software to view PDF files, download Acrobat Reader to view and print the form, so that you may mail it to the RMV).

Nominated as "one of Boston's most valuable blogs, Livable Street Alliance Board member Steve Miller's transportation blog, The public Way.

Bikes not Bombs is one of my favorite bicycle activist groups, sending bikes to third world countries and teaching inner city kids to build their own bikes.

  • League of American Bicyclists has been working for better cycling in America since 1880 by promoting bicycling, educating cyclists and motorists, and advocating on behalf of cyclists on Capitol Hill and with state legislators.
  • John Forester's website. Forester is the well-known and controversial cycling advocate and proponent of vehicular cycling.

And, of curse, John Allen's website.

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) cyclists and traffic safety.
  • Bike Culture is the east coast regional cycling periodical that binds together the diverse strands of the cycling community.
  • Bicycling Street Smarts: John Allens 46-page pamphlet covers techniques for safe, lawful and efficient bicycle operation in urban traffiic. It has sold approximately 300,000 copies.
  • The Bicycle Site has 5 lists you can search, re-sort and filter.
  • Ken Kifers Bike Pages: Articles on bicycle camping and touring, cycling health and fitness, bicycle safety in traffic, and bicycling advocacy. Jason & Fischer does not endorse all the opinions expressed on the site (particularly regarding helmet safety), but finds the site informative, provocative and entertaining.
  • Cycling Advocacy Information: Bicycle advocacy site based out of Northeastern Ohio but with several articles of general interest to cycling advocates everywhere. Includes sections on cycling and the law and public education.
  • Occupational Injuries Among Boston Bicycle Messengers: A study done at the Harvard School of Public Health on occupational health risks for bicycle messengers. The study has been updated. See the abstract in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
  • Bicycling Life: A website for everyday bicyclists, include helpful tips, news, and other resources.
  • Getting Doored: Not Always an Open and Shut Case, an article by Lynne Tolman featuring, among other things, quotes and comments from Andrew Fischer.
  • bicyclinginfo.org: a wealth of information on bicycle safety and bicycle facilities and planning.
  • The most common bike accidents from Velo News Magazine: the statistics are consistent with our caseload.
  • Massachusetts state bike trails: a guide and map to Massachusetts Bike Trails maintained by the Department of Environmental Management and Massbike.

Lucas Brunnelle productions An archive of extreme bike videos including urban racing, ice racing, couch pulling and riots – all on my bike – enjoy!

  • Bicycle commuting and bicycle advocacy: advice from The Sierra Club
  • Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute: Useful information about safe usage of bicycle helmets.
  • Humantransport.org: Another bicycle advocacy site.
  • The City of Bostons bike-parking page. Its the best resource for bike parking in downtown Boston.
  • Bicycle-Related Injuries an article from the American Family Physician
  • Bike-related ventures
  • Rubel BikeMaps, providing excellent maps of New England for bicyclists. The company was founded and is run by Andy Rubel, Andrew Fischer's predecessor as president of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike).
  • Urban Adventours, a company offering bicycle tours of Boston.
  • RouteLoops creates custom bike routes that begin and end at the same location. Just enter a starting location and a distance, and youll receive a custom map and a queue sheet. Submit multiple requests and get a unique RouteLoop every time. Unlike other mapping programs, RouteLoops doesnt assume that you know where you want to go, just where you want to start (and end) and for what distance you want to ride.
  • Tradewind Sports, the website of Jason & Fischer client Chris Harnish, a cyclist, coach and trainer