North Andover Bicycle Advocacy Committee

LINK PAGE
Most of these links were made available by MassBike
Special Thanks to Doug Mink

• bikemap.com

• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
• East Coast Greenway Alliance

Local Resources

• Town of North Andover web site

Safety

• Bikes 'n' Blades: The Safety Scene has some interesting survey results.
• Western Australia Bike Crash Study

For adult cyclists between 20 and 54, motorists were at fault in over 70% of the crashes.
• Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute

The Effectiveness of Bicycle Helmets -- A Review by Dr. Michael Henderson
• Snell Memorial Foundation

Sponsor of helmet standards and studies, in particular the Harborview Helmet Studies
• World Health Organization Helmet Initiative
• State-by-state bicycle and pedestrian accident statistics
• The Stolen Bike Registry

Regional Bike Pages

• U.S. Bicycling Organizations
• Bicycling Community Page Everything about bicycling in Madison, Wisconsin
• Washington State DOT Bicycling Page
• DC Area Info and more from Steve Ciccarelli
• San Francisco Bay Mountain Biking Page
• New Jersey Biking
• Cascade Bicycle Club (Seattle)
• Florence (Firenze) Italy, with a map
• International Bicycle Fund

Bike Commuting

• Boston bike commuters can find out the traffic they are missing by checking out the Smart Traveler Boston site. We know that the real smart travellers are those on bicycles. Smart Traveller is extending their coverage to other cities, too.
• John Forester, guru to bike commuters and inventor of Effective Cycling
• Tim Teyler's and Bill Mayhew's bike commuting hints
• ICEBIKE, Home of the Winter Cyclist
• Winter Cycling Web Page
• BikeCurrent Mailing List (Bike Lighting) (archive)

Other Interesting Stuff

• Menotomy Vintage Bicycles great site to view or purchase old bicycles
• Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Glossary
• Bicyclopedia, An online encyclopedia covering nearly everything about bicycles and bicycling.
• National Transportation Library Bicycle Documents
• Bike Culture Quarterly/Encycleopedia
• Pedaling History Bicycle Museum
• Millenium Whole Earth Catalog on Bicycles
• HPV (Human Powered Vehicle Archive)
• The Science of Cycling An extensive Web exhibit by San Francisco's Exploratorium on the science, history, and culture of bicycling.
• Weather [Boston Area] [Everywhere]

Internet Bicycle Starting Points

• The Cyberider Cycling WWW Site
• CyberCycle
• The Global Cycling Network
• Cyber Cyclery
• Yahoo! Internet Life: Bicycling Web Site Review
• Cycling Related Pages On WWW
• VeloNews
• Cycling in Cyberspace
• The WWW Bicycle Lane
• Trento Bike Pages (Bicycling in Europe)
• Internet Navigation

Transportation Planning

• AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
• Car-Free Times

News from the frontlines of the battle to keep cars from taking over any more of the world than they already have.
• The Dilemmas of Bicycle Planning by BCOM's Paul Schimek
• Bike Plan Source

John Williams' (of Bicycle Forum) consulting firm's "growing and evolving online bicycle planning and program guide".
• A Cyclist's View of Intelligent Transportation Systems
• National Transportation Library Bicycle Documents
• The Transportation Plan for the Boston Region - Nov 15, 1993
• TLCNet, the Transportation for Livable Communities Network
• Oregon Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
• Portland Oregon Bicycle Master Plan
• Smart Growth Network

A coalition of local governments, businesses and non-profits that share information and expertise on innovative financing for urban redevelopment and infill projects including brownfields, transit infrastructure and affordable housing.
• Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP)

A non-profit, public interest coalition of over 200 groups devoted to ensuring that transportation policy and investments help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the economy, promote social equity, and make communities more livable.
• Alliance for a Paving Moratorium

Grassroots community groups, individuals and businesses with a common goal of halting the tremendous environmental, social and economic damage caused by endless road building.
• National Association of Railroad Passengers
• James Kunstler's "Home From Nowhere" in The Atlantic Monthly

A lively polemic on the blight caused by the automobile culture which was inspired by a study on the future of California, Beyond Sprawl.
• Caltrans Bicycle Planning Guidelines

Bicycle Touring

Inline Skating Links

• Inline Racing Club of New England is a non-profit organization, based in North Andover, MA and is dedicated to providing FREE skating programs to children and adults who want to learn the sport of inline racing.