and point goes to utah

so when cyclists are run over by cars in texas and nothing really happens to the driver and no actions are taken by the city/state government....we just shrug and go, hm..o well? really? recently a settlement was reached in the death of a cyclist in utah and with it:

Josie's death sparked the passage of a Utah law requiring motorists to give three feet of space to bicycles, as well as numerous "Share the Road" signs, a video on bicycle safety circulated in the public schools, consideration in the planning of road construction for the needs of bicyclists and an annual memorial bicycle ride in the Salt Lake area, scheduled this year for Oct. 7. "Josie lives on," Johnson said, "and those things are positive."

want to sit outside in this awesome fall-like weather and watch a movie tonite? simon is showing CENTURY OF THE SELF, episodes 3 & 4 at 8pm as part of the Sustainable Living Movie Nites. info:

WHERE: Monkeywrench Books, 110 North Loop Blvd.
WHEN: Thursday August 31st
TIME: 7pm - browse the bookstore / 8pm - movie starts
BYO: food and drink
www.biketakeover.com

reading is fundamental. i have had this book for a few years, and finally getting around to sitting down and reading - The Immortal Class. Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power. i'm not very far into it. but, i liked this paragraph in his introduction. although, its a little dramatic. i dunno. maybe these times call for dramatic statements:

What these people don't know is that the bicycle is more than a sport and more than a job. The bicycle is a revolution, an assault on civilian territory, intent upon taking, from the ground up, responsibility for the shape of our cities. It is a mutiny, challenging the ever-one-way street. The bicycle is a philosophy, a way of life, and I am using it like a hammer to change the world and to redeem our war-torn cities. by: Travis Hugh Culley