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Sep. 07, 2021 / Gordon Price

Report from Calgary: E-scooters, Helmets and Accidents

Orchid Chong, now living in Calgary, sends in this report on one of the issues that will shape the adoption…
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Feb. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

Bike Helmet Fixation and Unfettered Automobility

From streetsblog:   In the United States, official bicycle safety messaging heavily emphasizes helmet use. In a way, it’s worked:…
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Feb. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-Sofa through the Drive Through

  In one of those stories that just has to come from the Maritimes someone thought it might be a good…
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Nov. 05, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Helmets and Bicycle Injuries – Prof. Teschke Does It Again

Another major piece of work on bicycle injuries, published in the British Medical Journal. Here are the conclusions. “In our…
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Aug. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Blind spots and enlightenment on health care, helmets and bike lanes

Ken Ohrn writes: . Health-care dollars are in the news – this time, with twinning of one sickening and one…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

How the Dutch do it – 2

From  As Easy As Riding A Bike: … the safety record of the Netherlands for cycling is almost entirely attributable…
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Jul. 30, 2015 / Gordon Price

How the Dutch do it: Cycling and Culture

From Eric Budd: Less than 1 percent of cyclists in Netherlands wear helmets they yet have one of lowest rates…
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May. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Recommended Reading: Lawrence of Arabia and the crash helmet

Given the debate over helmets, Sandy James thinks this is of interest: . How the accident which killed T.E. Lawrence…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Comments worth commenting on: Who has a helmet law?

Price Taggers just can’t get enough of the compulsory-helmet law controversy.  Stoker, meet fire. arnoschort commented on Ohrn Words: “The…
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Jan. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: “The Effect of Mandatory Helmet Laws”

Rare data and analysis from New Zealand Medical Journal.  The effect of mandatory helmet laws is hard to study.  There…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

This Just In: Bike-helmet ticketing plummets

From Metro Vancouver: Bike helmet ticketing plummets in Vancouver . The number of cyclists ticketed for riding without helmets in…
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Jan. 14, 2015 / Gordon Price

More Ohrn Words: Developments in Bike-sharing (and Compulsory Helmets)

Twice in one day!  From Ken Ohrn: There is a new name in the bike-share business — “Motivate” — who…
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Oct. 14, 2014 / Gordon Price

Berkeley Bugle: Ten Stuff-ups in Interpreting Research

Peter likes this piece from The Conversation: The 10 stuff-ups we all make when interpreting research . ­ What do we…
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Sep. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

Helmetless in Seattle

Vancouver’s not the only place struggling with the impact of a helmet law on the introduction of bike-sharing.  But as…

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